Popular representations of the Vietnam War tend to emphasize violence, deprivation, and trauma.
To address a tenuous morale situation, military authorities, Lair reveals, wielded abundance to insulate soldiers--and, by. soldiers in Vietnam, redrawing the landscape of the war so that swimming pools, ice cream, visits from celebrities, and other "comforts" share the frame with combat.
By contrast, in Armed with Abundance , Meredith Lair focuses on the noncombat experiences of U.
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Popular representations of the Vietnam War tend to emphasize violence, deprivation, and trauma