Masculinity in Vietnam War Narratives: A Critical Study of Fiction, Films and Nonfiction Writings

by Brenda M . Boyle (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $26.60

  Examines the ways in which the Vietnam War and its accompanying movements greatly altered traditional American conceptions of masculinity. This book illustrates how the masculine anxieties of the Vietnam era are evident in discourses ranging from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to presidential campaigns.