Book contents
- Allies in Memory
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Allies in Memory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Book part
- Introduction
- Part I Remembrance and reconstruction,c.1917–1969
- Part II Americanisation and commercialisation,c.1964–2001
- 4 ‘It looks so different now’
- 5 ‘The last good war’
- 6 ‘One last look’
- Conclusion: ‘So it is that ordinary men … become legend’
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - ‘The last good war’
Vietnam, victory culture and the Americanisation of memory,c.1964–1984
from Part II - Americanisation and commercialisation,c.1964–2001
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2015
Book contents
- Allies in Memory
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Allies in Memory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Book part
- Introduction
- Part I Remembrance and reconstruction,c.1917–1969
- Part II Americanisation and commercialisation,c.1964–2001
- 4 ‘It looks so different now’
- 5 ‘The last good war’
- 6 ‘One last look’
- Conclusion: ‘So it is that ordinary men … become legend’
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Allies in MemoryWorld War II and the Politics ofTransatlantic Commemoration, c.1941–2001, pp. 164 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015