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 Taken from This History's Bunk by Kurt Hilgendorf (Reviewer):
Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement
By Gerald Nicosia
(Crown, 2001)
Perhaps I could cut Gerald Nicosia some slack.
One would expect that a book of nearly seven hundred pages might have a mistake or two. And it is logical to assume that any author has an underlying motivation and agenda for undertaking a volume of such length. These seem to be reasonable allowances, right?
Well, maybe, if the book did not have a reputation as the final word on Vietnam veterans and their struggle after returning home.
"Home to War" is a narrative labeled as a history of the Vietnam veterans' movement. But, as in any narrative, the story is primary. Nicosia's historical inaccuracy, his liberal critique of radicals' tactics (those of VVAW in particular), and his focus on individual stars make for interesting and occasionally exasperating reading, but the approach does no justice to the history of the veterans' movement.... Read More
Also In This Issue:
- Anybody But Bush by VVAW National Staff and Coordinators
- VVAW Participation in March 20, 2004 Demonstrations by VVAW
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) by VVAW National Office
- Veteran thanks by VVAW Veteran Collective
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
- My View: On Heroism by John Zutz
- Flak Vest cartoon by Jeff Danziger
- VVAW Letter of Support by VVAW National Office
- Leave No Vet Behind by Ray Parrish
- Milwaukee Standdown by Bob Riggle
- Chicago Homeless Vets Standdown by Meg Miner
- Milwaukee Beer Festival by John Zutz
- The Status of My Case by Diedra Cobb
- This History's Bunk by Kurt Hilgendorf (Reviewer)
- What's the Point of Poetry? by W.D. Ehrhart (Reviewer)
- In A Fog: Robert McNamara and the Rhetoric of Repentance by Edith Shillue (Reviewer)
- Stolen Valor - Stolen Legacy by Dave Curry (Reviewer)
- Proof That a Draft is Being Readied for 2005? by Rick Jahnkow
- Action Alert: Zero Tolerance for Torture by TASSC
- From Frontline to Homefront by Ron Betts (Reviewer)
- Being Part of the Journey by John Lindquist
- John Kerry's Band of Brothers by Bill Andrews
- Who Is The Real John Kerry? by S. Brian Willson
- Tonkin Gulf to WMD: Lies, Anniversaries and More Lies by Joe Miller
- Gulf-Era Vet Speaks Against War by Paul King
- The Past by Horace Coleman
- Winter Soldier by Donald Dzagulones
- Cookie Monsters by Marc Levy
- Oxy, the Smart Bomb cartoon by Billy X. Curmano
- Sheldon Ramsdell Archives by Linda Alband
- New Film to Shine Light on GI Movement by David Zeiger
- Why I Joined VVAW by Rich Peters
- Flags In The Wind poem by Harvey Taylor
- Other Photos by VVAW
- A freedom fighter, a brother, my old friend remembered . . . Gary Lawton has died by Mark Z. Hartford
- Bob Waddell (1952-2004) by Gerald Nicosia
- Pedro Pietri by Ben Chitty
- James Major Gates, Jr. - R.I.P. by Ray Parrish
- Why I Joined VVAW by Lily Lee Adams
- Why I Joined VVAW by Meg Miner
- Coca-Cola by Joseph Giannini
- Stay the Course cartoon by Jeff Danziger
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