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contents illustrations vii acknowledgments xi Introduction A “Noble Cause” 1 1 “Never Again” The Vietnam Syndrome in American Foreign Policy 23 2 “Something Rather Dark and Bloody” Atrocities, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the Pathologization of Vietnam Veterans 49 3 The Discourse of Healing and the “Black Gash of Shame” The Design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 79 4 A “Dangerous Political Issue” The War about Memory in 1982 111 5 “Home to America’s Heart” The National Salute to Vietnam Veterans 140 6 “In Unity and with Resolve” The Statue, the Flag, and Political Speech at the Memorial 166 7 “No Shame or Stigma” The Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program 202 8 “A Confrontation between Faiths” The Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial 231 9 “Today, We Are One People” The Family Drama of Race and Gender in Commemorative Statuary of the Vietnam War 268 10 “Our Offspring” Children in Vietnam Veterans Memorials 309 11 “The Wall Is for All of Us” Patterns of Public Response to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 348 Conclusion A “Statute of Limitations”: What “Healing” from the War Might Mean 399 abbreviations 433 notes 435 index 531 vi Contents ...