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Article: The Vietnam War in History, Literature, and Film.(Book Review)
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- Infantry Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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The Vietnam War in History, Literature, and Film. By Mark Taylor. University of Alabama Press, 2003. 160 Pages, $48.00 (Hardcover), $22.95 (Softcover).
The Vietnam War in History, Literature, and Film is a survey of the Vietnam War depiction in contemporary and immediate postwar American films and books. The author provides six short chapters that succinctly divide the subject into digestible portions. Chapter 1 explains the difficulty in telling war stories. Specific to Vietnam, Taylor introduces readers to an approach to writing that seems tailor made for those bent upon presenting their preconceived ideas by twisting facts to fit their political agenda. This ...