American myth and the legacy of Vietnam /

Hellmann, John, 1948-

American myth and the legacy of Vietnam / John Hellmann. - New York : Columbia University Press, 1986. - xiv, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [225]-233.

"An angry dream": the Cold War, Southeast Asia, and the American mythic landscape -- The return of the frontier hero: national purpose and the legend of the Green Berets -- The antiwar movement and the frontier -- Good sons: the soldiers' antimyth -- The hero seeks a way out -- Epic return -- Toward new myth.

Includes critical estimates of such novels as The ugly American, by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick, and The Green Berets, by Robin Moore; and such films as The deer hunter and Apocalypse now.

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Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Influence.
National characteristics, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the war.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Motion pictures and the war.

DS558 / .H44 1986