Contributor
Horne, A. D.
Imprint:Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1981.
Descriptionxii, 226 p. : map. ; 22 cm.
Note:"A Washington post book."
Note:Includes a map of Vietnam and a chronology of the war (1955-1973)
Note:Part One: The way it was -- Going after Cacciato / Tim O'Brien -- The Vietnam generation / L.M. Baskir, W.A. Strauss -- What did you do in the class war, Daddy? / James Fallows -- In death's grey land / Philip Caputo -- Landing Zone Bravo / Tim O'Brien -- Vietnam nights / Michael Herr -- Fields of fire / James Webb -- Attitudes toward the war / Louis Harris and associates -- Part Two: Voices of a wounded generation: A symposium / Philip Caputo, James Fallows, Robert Muller, Dean K. Phillips, Lucian Truscott IV, James Webb, and John P. Wheeler III, with Richard Harwood, moderator -- Interlude: Cold, Stone Man, a poem / Lewis W. Bruchey -- Part Three: Many Legacies -- Immigrants from the combat zone / William Jayne -- The war and race / Wallace Terry, Janice Terry -- The legacy of choices / Sam Brown -- Women and the war / Susan Jacoby -- We've adjusted too well / Tim O'Brien -- The post-Vietnam generation / Nicholas Lemann.
Bibliography Note:Suggested additional reading: p. 225-26.