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- Dartmouth Veterans: Vietnam Perspectives
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Dartmouth College Press
summary
These are tales of what it was like for young men to go from the bucolic hills of New Hampshire to a land wracked by war and violence. The result is a collection of more than fifty accounts, showing the variety of experiences and reactions to this dramatic period in American history. Some soldiers were drafted, some volunteered; some supported the war, but many turned against it. Common to all the stories is the way in which war changes men, for good and ill, and the way in which the Vietnam experience colored so much of the rest of these writers' lives.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. xxiii-xxviii
- Abbreviations and Glossary
- pp. xxix-xxx
- 1961-1963
- Military Service
- pp. 3-10
- An Undergrad in Vietnam
- pp. 11-16
- Cold Wind for the Hanover Plain
- pp. 21-24
- 1964
- William Brewster Nickerson, ’64
- pp. 27-32
- Life aboard a U.S. Aircraft Carrier
- pp. 41-46
- The Road from Dartmouth to Vietnam
- pp. 47-50
- The Green Lieutenant
- pp. 51-54
- Supporting Our Troops and Country
- pp. 55-57
- “I Never to See You Again”
- pp. 70-75
- Radio Days
- pp. 76-81
- Vietnam and My Life
- pp. 82-83
- Paradoxes of War
- pp. 84-90
- Vietnam: A Defining Life Event
- pp. 94-96
- Vietnam: Before/During/After
- pp. 97-100
- A Very Personal Experience
- pp. 110-113
- Scooter Driver
- pp. 114-116
- Vietnam War Experiences
- pp. 117-122
- Down to the Sea in Ships
- pp. 123-129
- Tet's Albatross
- pp. 130-132
- Dartmouth and ROTC
- pp. 133-143
- Observe, Analyze, and Respond
- pp. 144-150
- Vietnam in the Course of a Navy Career
- pp. 151-157
- How Did I Miss Vietnam?
- pp. 158-160
- 1965
- Entitled Elites and Exploited Expendables
- pp. 163-171
- The Police General's Horse
- pp. 172-176
- 1966
- Father and Son
- pp. 179-181
- A Life Saved
- pp. 182-185
- The Maturing of a Dartmouth Marine
- pp. 186-202
- Winning Hearts and Minds
- pp. 203-212
- 1967
- A Quiet War, a Damped Conscience
- pp. 215-220
- My WestPac Tour
- pp. 221-228
- Vietnam—Accelerating My Maturity
- pp. 229-236
- Life in a Jungle Base Camp
- pp. 237-240
- LST-912 on the Rocks
- pp. 241-246
- 1968
- From Lawyer to Aerial Recon Commander
- pp. 249-253
- The War at Home
- pp. 254-256
- Vietnam: Once in a Lifetime
- pp. 264-277
- “I Guess You Can Learn Something Anywhere"
- pp. 278-284
- Thoughts on Vietnam
- pp. 285-288
- Duty and Service in the Cold War Era
- pp. 289-293
- The Past as Prologue
- pp. 294-302
- Vietnam Remembered
- pp. 303-306
- Fighting the War on the Home Front
- pp. 307-315
- Nobody Knows and Nothing Changes
- pp. 316-319
- Rear Guard
- pp. 320-331
- An Air Force JAG Desk Jockey
- pp. 332-338
- 1969-1971
- Legacies of the Vietnam War
- pp. 341-349
- Missing from Action
- pp. 353-356
- Epilogue: The Plan
- pp. 357-362
- Veterans from the Class of 1964
- pp. 363-364
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611685503
Related ISBN(s)
9781611685497
MARC Record
OCLC
870892762
Pages
360
Launched on MUSE
2014-04-15
Language
English
Open Access
No