The war I survived was Vietnam : collected writings of a veteran and antiwar activist / Michael Uhl ; foreword by Steve Rees.

ISBN:

9781476625805

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Author:

Uhl, Michael, 1944- author.

Personal Author:

Uhl, Michael, 1944- author.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Foreword by Steve Rees ; Preface ; Featured Articles; Searching for Vietnam's M.I.A.s; Vietnam's Shadow over Abu Ghraib ; The Wall: Entering the Aura of the Dead ; The Spat- Upon Vet Revisited ; Annals of the New Left: Dissing Golub ; Poetry; Introduction; Black Silks, Black Mud

Dignum et Justum Est Shades ; War Birthed Me ; It's Hard to Tell Sometimes... ; Criticism and Reviews; Bombing for the Hell of It (Michael Uhl and Carol Brightman); Excerpt from an Interview with Robert Strange McNamara ; Revising the Meaning of the Vietnam War ; The Problematic: Penny Lewis Repairs Some Misconceptions About the Vietnam War

Apocalypse Now? The Strange Jeremiads of Christopher HedgesDéjà Vu All Over Again: Notes on a Jonathan Schell Review ; An Enfant Terrible Stumbles Upon the Vietnam War ; Veteran War Crimes Testimony, 1969-1971: An Annotated Clipping File; Meeting the Enemy: A Marine Goes Home ; Combat and Reconciliation: A Vietnam Vet Returns to Heal Old Wounds; Armed with the Facts

A Skillful Chronicle of Kerry's Conflicts War and Remembrance ; Warrior's Honor and the Ordeal of Survival ; That's Vietnam, Jake ; The Jaws of Victory: A Historian Argues We Could Have Won-and Nearly Did Win-the Vietnam War ; War and Madness ; Obsessed by Vietnam

How We Bombed in Laos On the Lam from Vietnam ; Travels with Charlie ; The God That Resigned ; Letters Home ; Gung Ho ; The Chosen: An Essay; Some Notes on Being a Veteran in America; PTSD; The Politics of PTSD; PTSD from the Inside Out ; Surviving PTSD ; In My Activist Voice; Heeding the Call; With Paul and Do' at My Lai

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Personal Subject:

Uhl, Michael, 1944-

Subject Term:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 -- Anciens combattants -- États-Unis.

Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 -- Contestation -- États-Unis.

État de stress post-traumatique.

HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia

Post-traumatic stress disorder

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Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2016

Publication Information:

Jefferson, North Carolina :

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,

[2016]

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Summary

This singular collection of articles, essays, poems, criticism and personal recollections by a Vietnam veteran documents the author's reflections on the war, from his combat experiences to his exploration of American veteran identity to his struggles with PTSD. His career as an advocate for the welfare of GIs and veterans exposed to dangerous radiation and herbicides is covered. Several pieces deal with how the Vietnam experience is being archived by scholars for historical interpretation. These collected works serve as a study of how wars are remembered and written about by surviving veterans.

Author Notes

As a political activist, Michael Uhl was co-founder of the Safe Return Amnesty Committee and the GI and veteran advocacy organization, Citizen Soldier. An independent scholar, his articles and reviews have appeared in The Nation and The Boston Globe . He lives in Walpole, Maine.