Long Time Passing

This new edition of a classic book on the impact of the Vietnam War on Americans reintroduces the haunted voices of the Vietnam era to a new generation of readers. In a new introduction, Myra MacPherson reports on the legacy of the war and its impact on contemporary political life, interviews a number of her principal characters to bring their stories up to date, and reflects on what has changed, and what hasn't, for the haunted generation in the years since these interviews were conducted.

Myra MacPherson was a longtime political writer for the Washington Post and was recently cited for her work in a New Yorker profile of the newspaper. She continues to write for national magazines and the Internet.

Introduction: A Generation Revisited

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Part I: LONG TIME PASSING

Prologue

3

(5)

Two Soldiers

8

(16)

The Generation

24

(21)

A Different War

45

(18)

Southie and the Rebels

63

(24)

Part II: DRAFT AND PROTEST

Draft Board Blues

87

(12)

The Chosen

99

(14)

The Maimed

113

(7)

Hawks and Doves

120

(9)

The Scams

129

(10)

The Reserves and National Guard

139

(9)

Game of Chance

148

(7)

Confessions

155

(13)

Impressions

168

(9)

Part III: STILL IN SAIGON

Post-Traumatic Stress

177

(20)

The Afflicted

197

(12)

The Criminals

209

(18)

The Vet Centers

227

(20)

The Disordered

247

(12)

The Significant Others

259

(22)

Part IV: MAKING IT

Successful Veterans

281

(14)

From Losers to Winners

295

(25)

The Wounded

320

(13)

Part V: RESISTANCE

The Deserters

333

(20)

The Exiles

353

(26)

The Imprisoned

379

(24)

Part VI: WOMEN AND THE WAR

Mothers and Fathers

403

(22)

The Supp-Hose Five

425

(13)

The Women Who Went

438

(18)

Women at the Barricades

456

(25)

Part VII: VIETNAM KALEIDOSCOPE

Atrocities

481

(31)

The Reluctant Warriors

512

(21)

The Warriors

533

(19)

The Blacks

552

(20)

Drugs, Bad Paper, Prison

572

(14)

Agent Orange

586

(17)

Epilogue: Requiem for a Generation

603

(20)

Appendix: Postscript 1993

623

(26)

Glossary

649

(4)

Notes

653

(18)

Acknowledgments

671

(2)

Bibliography

673

(6)

Index

679

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