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Understanding and teaching the Vietnam war / edited by John Day Tully, Matthew Masur, Brad Austin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvey Goldberg series for understanding and teaching historyPublication details: Madison, Wisconsin ; London, England : The University of Wisconsin Press, [(c)2013.]Description: 1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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  • computer
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  • DS557.74
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Contents:
Introduction : key questions and enduring debates -- Part 1: Reflections on teaching the Vietnam War. Teaching the Vietnam War : a life history / Marilyn B. Young -- Teaching the Vietnam War : recollections and reflections from more than thirty years / George C. Herring -- Part 2: Methods and sources. Putting students in "their shoes" : a decision-making approach to teaching the Vietnam War / Kevin O'Reilly -- Understanding the Vietnam era through music / Hugo A. Keesing -- "We must bear a good deal of responsibility for it" : the White House tapes and the war in Vietnam / Mitchell B. Lerner -- Movies and the Vietnam War / Scott Laderman -- The books we carry : teaching the Vietnam War / Maureen Ryan -- Teaching the Vietnam War in the internet age : libraries, websites, and information literacy / Richard Hume Werking and Brian C. Etheridge -- Hearts, minds, and voices : the Vietnam War and oral history / Andrew Darien -- Part 3: Understanding and teaching specific content. Nationalism, communism, and the Vietnam War / Matthew Masur -- From the French to the Americans / Kathryn C. Statler -- Teaching the antiwar movement : confronting popular myths, teaching complexity / David Steigerwald -- The Vietnamese sides of the "American" war / Tuan Hoang -- "America's most loyal allies" : the Hmong and the War / Chia Youyee Vang -- Vietnamese Americans in the context of the Vietnam War / Karin Aguilar-San Juan -- The Tet Offensive in the classroom / Andrew Wiest -- Teaching the collective memory and lessons of the Vietnam War / David Fitzgerald and David Ryan -- Teaching the Vietnam War in secondary schools and survey classrooms / Stephen Armstrong.
Summary: Taken as a whole, Understanding and teaching the Vietnam War will help teachers at all levels navigate through cultural touchstones, myths, political debates, and the myriad trouble spots enmeshed within the national memory of one of the most significant moments in American history.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : key questions and enduring debates -- Part 1: Reflections on teaching the Vietnam War. Teaching the Vietnam War : a life history / Marilyn B. Young -- Teaching the Vietnam War : recollections and reflections from more than thirty years / George C. Herring -- Part 2: Methods and sources. Putting students in "their shoes" : a decision-making approach to teaching the Vietnam War / Kevin O'Reilly -- Understanding the Vietnam era through music / Hugo A. Keesing -- "We must bear a good deal of responsibility for it" : the White House tapes and the war in Vietnam / Mitchell B. Lerner -- Movies and the Vietnam War / Scott Laderman -- The books we carry : teaching the Vietnam War / Maureen Ryan -- Teaching the Vietnam War in the internet age : libraries, websites, and information literacy / Richard Hume Werking and Brian C. Etheridge -- Hearts, minds, and voices : the Vietnam War and oral history / Andrew Darien -- Part 3: Understanding and teaching specific content. Nationalism, communism, and the Vietnam War / Matthew Masur -- From the French to the Americans / Kathryn C. Statler -- Teaching the antiwar movement : confronting popular myths, teaching complexity / David Steigerwald -- The Vietnamese sides of the "American" war / Tuan Hoang -- "America's most loyal allies" : the Hmong and the War / Chia Youyee Vang -- Vietnamese Americans in the context of the Vietnam War / Karin Aguilar-San Juan -- The Tet Offensive in the classroom / Andrew Wiest -- Teaching the collective memory and lessons of the Vietnam War / David Fitzgerald and David Ryan -- Teaching the Vietnam War in secondary schools and survey classrooms / Stephen Armstrong.

Taken as a whole, Understanding and teaching the Vietnam War will help teachers at all levels navigate through cultural touchstones, myths, political debates, and the myriad trouble spots enmeshed within the national memory of one of the most significant moments in American history.

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