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Item specifics
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- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Vietnam
- ISBN
- 9780812991031
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0812991036
ISBN-13
9780812991031
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1825462
Product Key Features
Book Title
Home to War : a History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement
Number of Pages
688 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Military / Veterans, United States / 20th Century, Military / Vietnam War
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
40.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-064417
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Home to Waris a superbly researched book that needed to be written. It sets forth in compelling detail a whole other dimension of America's tragic war in Vietnam, which, until now, has never been completely captured." - General Harold G. Moore, author ofWe Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young "Home to Waris an extraordinary achievement of research and writing. Its eloquence and power will serve the cause of justice for veterans, but also give to all Americans a sobering lesson about war, peace, and broken promises. I hope it will be widely read." - Howard Zinn, author ofA People's History of the United States "Gerry Nicosia has an uncommon understanding of the struggle of veterans to give meaning to their war and to redeem themselves.Home to Waris a powerful history of our times." - Gloria Emerson, National Book Award recipient forWinners and Losers "Home to Warilluminates the efforts of the men who fought not just in the jungles of Vietnam, but also when they returned to America. We should be grateful to Gerry Nicosia for documenting this struggle in a meaningful and heartfelt way." - Oliver Stone, of Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July "Home to Warfor the first time puts together a history that has been an intimate part of the lives of thousands of us in the veterans' community over the past thirty years. Thanks to Gerald Nicosia, these people and events are now preserved and will be remembered." - Colonel David H. Hackworth, author ofAbout Face "Gerald Nicosia has written a history that we as a nation have not faced. This book is a must-read if we are to understand the America we have become." - Maxine Hong Kingston, author ofThe Woman Warrior "Home to Waris simply the best. Gerry Nicosia has written the definitive story-read it and discover why the epoch of our war in Vietnam still keenly reverberates from kitchen tables and porches, newspapers and journals, as well as classrooms all across this country." - Larry Heinemann, National Book Award recipient forPaco's Story "The voices and stories of these American veterans compel us to confront the issues of the war and the question of why soldiers who came home to peace could find none. The sense of loss and waste that pervadesHome to War is overwhelming." - Duong Van Mai Elliott, author ofThe Sacred Willow
Dewey Decimal
959.704/3373
Table Of Content
Contents Prologue 1 Chapter 1 Coming Up with a Politics: Vietnam Veterans Against the War 1. Six Vets and a Banner 2. Tear Gas, Clubs, and Confetti: The Chicago Blues 3. Changing Directions 4. The GI Movement 5. Enter Al Hubbard Chapter 2 Shared Nightmares: From Operation RAW to the Winter Soldier Investigation 1. On the Road to Valley Forge 2. A Spokesman Emerges: "Lincoln and Kennedy Combined" 3. War Crimes Testimony: Fonda, Lane, and "Brands of Swiss Cheese" 4. Breaking Down in Detroit: "I Didn't Know What Was Going On" 5. The World Begins to Listen Chapter 3 A Limited Incursion into the Country of Congress: Dewey Canyon III 1. Preparing for the Assault 2. Shut Out at Arlington: The Crazy and the Dead 3. Outlaws on the Mall 4. Democracy in Action: Playing It for the Media 5. The Return of Medals: Forgiving the Living and Making Peace with the Dead 6. Aftershocks 144 7. Nixon Hits Back, and the POW Movement Is Born Chapter 4 Invisible Wounds: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 1. The Rap Groups: An Intuitive Sort of Trust 2. A Crisis of Identity: Lifton and Shatan "Join the Veterans' Club" 3. Sarah Haley Starts a Revolution in Boston: "When the Patient Reports Atrocities" 4. A Community of Healing Forms: The First National Conference in St. Louis, 1973 5. Turning the Psychiatric Guns Around: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Gets Recognized Chapter 5 Trampling on the Bill of Rights: The Gainesville Conspiracy 1. Winning Battles and Losing the War: From Operation Heart of America to Operation Peace on Earth 2. Caught Between the Maoists and the Police: The Winter Soldier Organization 3. The Government Indicts the Veterans' Movement 4. Kovic Confronts the Florida National Guard: A Call to Revolution 5. The Battle of Miami Beach 240 6. One Stressed-Out Agent Provocateur and a Roomful of Macho Vets 7. Peace with Honor; Heroes Dishonored 8. "Innuendo and Supposition," and FBI Agents with Earphones 9. "Is Perjury Part of a Prosecutor's Duty?" 10. Winners with a Broken Back Chapter 6 Unfinished Business: The War Against the VA 1. John Musgrave and the Walking Dead, USMC 2. The Men Who Got Left Behind 293 3. "Bad Paper" and "A Friend in the White House" 4. Vietnam Veterans Day Without the Veterans, and a VA Chief Too Busy for His Clients 5. Dewey Canyon IV: Defeat in Washington 6. Kovic Meets Unger: The Patients'/Workers' Rights Committee in Long Beach 315 7. The American Veterans Movement 8. Two "Motherfuckers," Two "Godfathers," and the Dream of "A Fair Shake" for Veterans 9. The Second American Veterans' Bonus March 10. A Tutorial in the VA Administrator's Office -- Complete with Hammer and Nails 11. Universal and Hypocritical Amnesty Chapter 7 Too Little Too Late: Operation Outreach 1. Two New Champions Enter the Fray: Max Cleland and Stuart Feldman 2. A New GI Bill over Danishes and Coffee, and Muller and Kovic Part Company 3. Fighting Back: Muller Takes On the Whole Government, and Dave Christian Takes On Jimmy Carter 4. Frank McCarthy Springs a Series of Ambushes, and Another Vietnam Veteran Leader Goes Down Chapter 8 An Indictment of the System: The Wadsworth Strike 1. The Hostages Are Welcomed Back, and Ronald Reagan Takes Aim at the Vet Centers 2. Jim Hopkins: A Marine Twice Betrayed 3. From Protest to Circus: Meshad and Muller Battle Kovic and Bitzer 4. Tents in Lafayette Park: The Hunger Strike Moves to Washington 5. The Cost of a 10-Second Jeep Ride: "This Protest Isn't Over" Chapter 9 The Specter of Chemical Warfare: Agent Orange 1. Victor Yannacone Takes On "A Walking Wounded, Sick, and D
Synopsis
An epic narrative history that chronicles, for the first time, the experience of America's Vietnam veterans who returned home to fight a different kind of war. The courageous Americans who served in Vietnam fought two wars: one on the other side of the world and one when they returned home. The battle abroad took place in war-scarred Asian hamlets, rice paddies, and jungles where thousands of Americans risked life, limb, and spirit in a conflict few of them fully understood. The second war began when these same soldiers came home to face another fight, this one for the hearts and minds of their countrymen, and for their own health, sanity, and peace of mind. Home to Warpresents a vivid portrait of a generation of American warriors who faced rejection by the nation in whose name they fought and virtual abandonment by the government that sent them to risk their young lives in Southeast Asia. In spite of formidable obstacles, including the still-fresh physical and mental traumas of the war, these young veterans joined together and committed themselves to heroic battles on the home front, from their unsung role in the antiwar movement to their unflagging campaign for medical help and compensation for Agent Orange exposure and post-traumatic stress wounds. Home to Wartells the gripping stories of these veterans and the social and political movements they inspired. In its pages you'll meet Jan Barry, a disillusioned former West Point cadet who founded Vietnam Veterans Against the War, a volatile organization that would become a lightning rod for controversy and a beacon of hope for returning vets; Al Hubbard, a charismatic former Black Panther who led thousands of angry veterans to the steps of the nation's capital to protest the war and the government's shabby treatment of its veterans; Ron Kovic, whose outrageous - and courageous - stunts, uncensored comments, and provocative politics drew needed attention to the cause; Dr. Chaim Shatan, whose pioneering 'rap groups' speeded the psychological healing process for countless vets; Victor Yannacone Jr., who launched a precedent-shattering - and ultimately successful - legal case to gain compensation for veterans harmed by Agent Orange exposure; and many others whose inspiring struggles served themselves, their fellow soldiers, and their country. Home to Waris a passionate work of contemporary history and an essential addition to the literature of America's Vietnam experience. Encompassing some thirty years of activism, readjustment, and healing, it is a fitting tribute to the unbreakable courage, idealism, and decades-long endurance of this generation of American soldiers.
LC Classification Number
DS559.62.U6N53 2001
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