001479809 000__ 04633nam\a22007575i\4500 001479809 001__ 1479809 001479809 003__ DE-B1597 001479809 005__ 20231026035112.0 001479809 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479809 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479809 008__ 230918t20002000nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479809 020__ $$a9780814745137 001479809 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814745137.001.0001$$2doi 001479809 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)550572 001479809 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479809 0410_ $$aeng 001479809 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001479809 072_7 $$aHIS027070$$2bisacsh 001479809 08204 $$a959.704/3373 001479809 1001_ $$aLembcke, Jerry, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001479809 24514 $$aThe Spitting Image :$$bMyth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam /$$cJerry Lembcke. 001479809 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2000] 001479809 264_4 $$c©2000 001479809 300__ $$a1 online resource 001479809 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479809 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479809 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479809 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479809 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tCONTENTS -- $$tPREFACE -- $$tONE. Introduction -- $$tTWO. Yellow Ribbons and Spat-Upon Veterans -- $$tTHREE. Dear Spiro Agnew -- $$tFOUR. The Nixon-Agnew Counteroffensive -- $$tFIVE. Spat-Upon Veterans -- $$tSIX. From Odysseus to Rambo -- $$tSEVEN. From Badness to Madness -- $$tEIGHT. Women, Wetness, and Warrior Dreams -- $$tNINE. Myth, Spit, and the Flicks -- $$tTEN. We Are What We Remember -- $$tNOTES -- $$tREFERENCES -- $$tFILMOGRAPHY -- $$tINDEX -- $$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 001479809 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479809 520__ $$aOne of the most resilient images of the Vietnam era is that of the anti-war protester - often a woman - spitting on the uniformed veteran just off the plane. The lingering potency of this icon was evident during the Gulf War, when war supporters invoked it to discredit their opposition. In this startling book, Jerry Lembcke demonstrates that not a single incident of this sort has been convincingly documented. Rather, the anti-war Left saw in veterans a natural ally, and the relationship between anti-war forces and most veterans was defined by mutual support. Indeed one soldier wrote angrily to Vice President Spiro Agnew that the only Americans who seemed concerned about the soldier's welfare were the anti-war activists. While the veterans were sometimes made to feel uncomfortable about their service, this sense of unease was, Lembcke argues, more often rooted in the political practices of the Right. Tracing a range of conflicts in the twentieth century, the book illustrates how regimes engaged in unpopular conflicts often vilify their domestic opponents for "stabbing the boys in the back." Concluding with an account of the powerful role played by Hollywood in cementing the myth of the betrayed veteran through such films as Coming Home, Taxi Driver, and Rambo, Jerry Lembcke's book stands as one of the most important, original, and controversial works of cultural history in recent years. 001479809 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479809 546__ $$aIn English. 001479809 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023) 001479809 650_4 $$aHISTORY / Military / Vietnam War$$2sh. 001479809 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001479809 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tNew York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$z9783110706444 001479809 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780814751466 001479809 852__ $$bebk 001479809 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814745137$$zOnline Access 001479809 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1479809$$pGLOBAL_SET 001479809 912__ $$a978-3-11-070644-4 New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001479809 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001479809 912__ $$aEBA_CL_HICS 001479809 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001479809 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001479809 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_HICS 001479809 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001479809 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001479809 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001479809 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001479809 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001479809 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001479809 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001479809 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001479809 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001479809 980__ $$aBIB 001479809 980__ $$aEBOOK 001479809 982__ $$aEbook 001479809 983__ $$aOnline