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

 - Madison, Wisconsin ;  London, England :  The University of Wisconsin Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (367 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Harvey Goldberg Series for Understanding and Teaching History .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : key questions and enduring debates --  Part 1: Reflections on teaching the Vietnam War. Teaching the Vietnam War : a life history /  Teaching the Vietnam War : recollections and reflections from more than thirty years /  Part 2: Methods and sources. Putting students in "their shoes" : a decision-making approach to teaching the Vietnam War /  Understanding the Vietnam era through music /  "We must bear a good deal of responsibility for it" : the White House tapes and the war in Vietnam /  Movies and the Vietnam War /  The books we carry : teaching the Vietnam War /  Teaching the Vietnam War in the internet age : libraries, websites, and information literacy /  Hearts, minds, and voices : the Vietnam War and oral history /  Part 3: Understanding and teaching specific content. Nationalism, communism, and the Vietnam War /  From the French to the Americans /  Teaching the antiwar movement : confronting popular myths, teaching complexity /  The Vietnamese sides of the "American" war /  "America's most loyal allies" : the Hmong and the War /  Vietnamese Americans in the context of the Vietnam War /  The Tet Offensive in the classroom /  Teaching the collective memory and lessons of the Vietnam War /  Teaching the Vietnam War in secondary schools and survey classrooms /  Marilyn B. Young --  George C. Herring --  Kevin O'Reilly --  Hugo A. Keesing --  Mitchell B. Lerner --  Scott Laderman --  Maureen Ryan --  Richard Hume Werking and Brian C. Etheridge --  Andrew Darien --  Matthew Masur --  Kathryn C. Statler --  David Steigerwald --  Tuan Hoang --  Chia Youyee Vang --  Karin Aguilar-San Juan --  Andrew Wiest --  David Fitzgerald and David Ryan --  Stephen Armstrong. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Study and teaching--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS557  / .U534 2013