The Vietnam War and Postmodernity

The longest war in the nation's history, the American military intervention in Vietnam dominated United States culture and politics from 1965 to 1975. In addition to causing immense devastation in Southeast Asia, the war transformed American society, with effects that continue to be felt today. Yet aside from a few cultural studies of the war's representations, scholars have tended to ignore the relationship between the American war in Vietnam and broader cultural developments in the West.

Philip D. Beidler is Professor of English at the University of Alabama Michael Bibby is Assistant Professor of English at Shippensburg University Michael Clark is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine Cynthia Fuchs is Associate Professor of English and Codirector of Film Studies at George Mason University Eric Gadzinski is Assistant Professor of English at Lake Superior State University, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan Chris Hables Gray is an Associate Professor at the University of Great Falls in Montana Brady Harrison is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Montana Douglas Kellner is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin Tony Williams is Professor of Cinema Studies at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale