Lair, Meredith H.

Armed with abundance consumerism and soldiering in the Vietnam War / [electronic resource] : Consumerism and soldiering in the Vietnam War Meredith H. Lair. - 1st ed. - Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 2011. - xviii, p. : ill., map.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A war refined : reframing the narrative of the Vietnam War -- Same side, different wars: grunts and REMFs in Vietnam -- This place just isn't John Wayne: U.S. military bases in Vietnam -- Total war on boredom: the U.S. military's recreation program in Vietnam -- The things they bought: G.I. consumerism in Vietnam -- War zone wonderland: the strange world of "the Nam" -- From Vietnam to Iraq: reimagining the American way of war.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
Available via World Wide Web.
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United States. Army --History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
United States. Army --Military life--History--20th century.


Soldiers--Social life and customs--United States--20th century.
Lifestyles--History--United States--20th century.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects.


United States--Moral conditions--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

DS558.2 / .L35 2011eb

959.704/31

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