America after Vietnam : from anguish to healing

Dealing with the wide range of issues facing the post-Vietnam history of the United States, this work examines: the ultimate meanings of the Vietnam War to America; the war's impact on America's national psyche, on US popular culture and academia; its residual effect with respect to veterans and emigres; "revisionist" historicism; needs to rectify some inaccurate myths surrounding the war and the Vietnam veterans; the postwar healing process in America; postwar attitudes to the Vietnamese people toward the war and the American people; the MIA issue; and the process of Washington-Hanoi rapprochement.

The purpose of this book is not to refight the controversial Vietnam War, but to express a desire to heal America's psychic wounds.