Late Thoughts on an Old War

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"Philip D. Beidler, who served as an armored cavalry platoon leader in Vietnam, sees less and less of the hard-won perspective of the common soldier in what America has made of that war. Each passing year, he says, dulls our sense of immediacy about Vietnam's costs, opening wider the temptation to make it something more necessary, neatly contained, and justifiable than it should ever become. Here Beidler draws on personal memories to reflect on the war's lingering aftereffects and the shallow, evasive ways we deal with them."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975,  Motion pictures and the conflict,  Literature and the conflict,  Influence,  Music and the conflict,  Motion pictures and the war,  Vietnam War, 1961-1975,  Music and the war,  Literature and the war,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, united states,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, motion pictures and the war,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, literature and the war,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, music and the war,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, social aspects

Places: United States