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No one can understand the complete tragedy of the American experience in Vietnam without reading this book. Nothing so underscores the ambivalence and confusion of the American commitment as does the composition of our fighting forces. The rich and the powerful may have supported the war initially, but they contributed little of themselves. That responsibility fell to the poor and the working class of America.Senator George McGovern
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Working-class War : American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam
author
:
Appy, Christian G.
publisher
:
University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0807820571
print isbn13
:
9780807820575
ebook isbn13
:
9780807860113
language
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English
subject
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States, Soldiers--United States.
publication date
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1993
lcc
:
DS558.A67 1993eb
ddc
:
959.704/3373
subject
:
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States, Soldiers--United States.
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Working-Class War
American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam
Christian G. Appy
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill & London
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1993 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved.
Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Appy, Christian G. Working-class war: American combat soldiers and Vietnam / by Christian G. Appy. p. cm. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoralHarvard University). Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8078-2057-1 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN 0-8078-4391-1 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975United States. 2. SoldiersUnited States. I. Title. DS558.A671993 959.704'3373dc20 CIP 92-18318
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Lyrics to "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen, 1984 Bruce Springsteen, used by permission. ASCAP
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For Meri, Nathan, and Henry
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Contents
Acknowledgments,
ix
Introduction: Facing the Wall,
1
1 Working-Class War,
11
2 Life before the Nam,
44
3 Basic Training,
86
4 Ominous Beginnings,
117
5 The Terms of Battle,
145
6 Drawing Fire and Laying Waste,
174
7 A War for Nothing,
206
8 What Are We Becoming?,
250
9 Am I Right or Wrong?,
298
Notes,
323
Bibliography,
343
Index,
355
Page ix
Acknowledgments
I began this work as a doctoral dissertation in the History of American Civilization program at Harvard University. Thesis advisers usually discourage their students from choosing subjects as broad as this one. However, my advisers, Stephan Thernstrom and Robert Coles, graciously encouraged me to pursue the topic I found most compelling. I am deeply grateful for their help and generosity.
I am most indebted to the many Vietnam veterans who told me about their lives. The private, in-depth interviews I conducted with approximately 100 veterans are crucial sources for this book. While most of these oral histories were collected from men living in Massachusetts, I also interviewed about two dozen veterans from places as varied as Alabama, Texas, California, Illinois, and Virginia. Almost all were army and marine noncareer enlisted men; they were, that is, the sort of men who comprised the vast majority of American forces in Vietnam. Among that group, I tried to interview people with a wide range of experiences and perspectivesdraftees and volunteers, combat and rear-echelon, right- and left-wing, working- and middle-class. In quoting from these interviews I decided to use pseudonyms, a decision I shared with veterans before we began our talks. I believed some veterans would feel freer to speak openly knowing that their identities would not be revealed.
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