Armed with abundance consumerism and soldiering in the Vietnam War / [electronic resource] :
Consumerism and soldiering in the Vietnam War
Meredith H. Lair.
- 1st ed.
- Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
- xviii, p. : ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A war refined : reframing the narrative of the Vietnam War -- Same side, different wars: grunts and REMFs in Vietnam -- This place just isn't John Wayne: U.S. military bases in Vietnam -- Total war on boredom: the U.S. military's recreation program in Vietnam -- The things they bought: G.I. consumerism in Vietnam -- War zone wonderland: the strange world of "the Nam" -- From Vietnam to Iraq: reimagining the American way of war.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780807869185 (electronic bk.)
United States. Army --History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975. United States. Army --Military life--History--20th century.
Soldiers--Social life and customs--United States--20th century. Lifestyles--History--United States--20th century. Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects.
United States--Moral conditions--History--20th century.