Memorials to shattered myths [electronic resource] : Vietnam to 9/11 / Harriet F. Senie.

9780190248437 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

English

1 online resource (x, 261 pages) : illustrations

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190248390 doi

NA9347 .S46 2016eb

725.940973

Although radically different, the Vietnam War, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine High School shootings, and the attacks of 9/11 all shattered myths of national identity. Vietnam was a war the United States didn't win; Oklahoma City revealed domestic terrorism in the heartland; Columbine debunked legends of high school as an idyllic time; and 9/11 demonstrated U.S. vulnerability to international terrorism.

Although radically different, the Vietnam War, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine High School shootings, and the attacks of 9/11 all shattered myths of national identity. Vietnam was a war the United States didn't win; Oklahoma City revealed domestic terrorism in the heartland; Columbine debunked legends of high school as an idyllic time; and 9/11 demonstrated U.S. vulnerability to international terrorism.

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