American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity

<b>The critically acclaimed author of <i>Patriots </i>offers profound insight into Vietnam’s place in America’s self-image</b><br /> <br />How did the Vietnam War change the way we think of ourselves as a people and a nation? In<i>American Reckoning</i>, Christian G. Appy—author of<i>Patriots</i>, the widely praised oral history of the Vietnam War—examines the war’s realities and myths and its lasting impact on our national self-perception. Drawing on a vast variety of sources that range from movies, songs, and novels to official documents, media coverage, and contemporary commentary, Appy offers an original interpretation of the war and its far-reaching consequences for both our popular culture and our foreign policy. Authoritative, insightful, and controversial, urgently speaking to our role in the world today,<i>American Reckoning</i>invites us to grapple honestly with the conflicting lessons and legacies of the Vietnam War.<br />