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One 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...

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One 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.

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Images of antiwar protesters, almost always women, spitting on returning Vietnam veterans have become a shameful part of America's collective memory. Lembcke (sociology, Holy Cross University), a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, here presents a stunning indictment of this myth -- an illusion created, he maintains, by the Nixon-Agnew administration and an unwitting press to attribute America's loss in Vietnam to internal dissension. In fact, the antiwar movement and many veterans were closely aligned, and the only documented incidents show members of the VFW and American Legion spitting on their less successful Vietnam peers. But Lembcke's most controversial conclusion is that posttraumatic stress disorder was as much a political creation -- a means of discrediting returning vets who protested the war as unhinged -- as it was a medical condition. The image of the psycho-vet was furthered through such Hollywood productions as 'The Deer Hunter' and 'Coming Home.' This forceful investigation challenges the reader to reexamine assumptions about the dark side of American culture that glorifies war more than peace. -- Karl Helicher, Upper Merion Township Library, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780814751466
  • Publisher: New York University Press
  • Publication date: 7/1/1998
  • Pages: 217
  • Product dimensions: 6.22 (w) x 9.25 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Jerry Lembcke is Associate Professor of Sociology at Holy Cross College. In 1969 he was a Chaplain's Assistant assigned to the 41st Artillery Group in Vietnam.

Table of Contents

Preface
1 Introduction: The Spitting Image 1
2 Yellow Ribbons and Spat-Upon Veterans: Making Soldiers the Means and Ends of War 11
3 Dear Spiro Agnew: About Soldiers, Veterans, and the Anti-war Movement 27
4 The Nixon-Agnew Counteroffensive: "Good Veterans" vs. "Bad Veterans" 49
5 Spat-Upon Veterans: The Evidence (or Lack Thereof) 71
6 From Odysseus to Rambo: Coming-Home Stories 84
7 From Badness to Madness: The Mental Labeling of Vietnam Veterans 101
8 Women, Wetness, and Warrior Dreams 127
9 Myth, Spit, and the Flicks: Coming Home to Hollywood 144
10 We Are What We Remember 183
Notes 189
References 199
Filmography 207
Index 211
About the Author 217

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