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Author

Lair, Meredith H.

Title Armed with abundance [electronic resource] : consumerism and soldiering in the Vietnam War / Meredith H. Lair.

Imprint

Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xviii, p. : ill., map.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	A war refined : reframing the narrative of the Vietnam War -- Same side, different wars: grunts and REMFs in Vietnam -- This place just isn't John Wayne: U.S. military bases in Vietnam -- Total war on boredom: the U.S. military's recreation program in Vietnam -- The things they bought: G.I. consumerism in Vietnam -- War zone wonderland: the strange world of "the Nam" -- From Vietnam to Iraq: reimagining the American way of war.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	United States. Army -- History -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
	United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 20th century.
	Soldiers -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	Lifestyles -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects.
	United States -- Moral conditions -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title	Consumerism and soldiering in the Vietnam War
ISBN	9780807834817 (cloth alk. paper)
	9780807869185 (electronic bk.)