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Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram. War, Writing, Reconciliation
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)
<i>Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram</i> is a diary written by a North Vietnamese field physician serving in South Vietnam during the war we fought there who treated Vietnamese communists and ...
Reconciliation as [Lofty] Aim: A Genre Analysis of Iraq War-Era Women Veterans' Memoirs
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)
Using the framework of rhetorical genre studies, this paper presents findings from an analysis of fifteen memoirs written by Iraq War-era women veterans. This work seeks to elucidate how the genre of "the war memoir" both ...
Images of Reintegration: Alternative Visual Rhetorics of the Returning World War II Soldier
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)
During World War II, comic books and movies buoyed the public's spirits and offered hope to combat the uncertainty of a world at war. However, these visual media often did so at the expense of portraying authentic military ...
Bounding Veterans Studies: A Review of the Field
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)
Over the past decade, the amount of research and teaching concerning veterans has proliferated to a point where some believe there is an academic discipline of Veterans Studies. Assuming this is correct, what is Veterans ...
Heal: An Experience Report
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)
For over ten years I have been learning about life with a son who experiences Post- Traumatic Stress. My experiences with both the roadblocks and the resources from my adventure into this realm of the unknown have led me ...
Bennett H. Young and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)
Serving twice as Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and then holding the title of Honorary Commander-in-Chief for Life until his death in 1919, Bennett H. Young was an instrumental figure in expanding ...
Some were free born. Some were fugitives. Some were slaves. Now they were all veterans.
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)
This essay centers on the soldiers of the 102nd United States Colored Infantry (USCI), originally organized in August 1863 as the First Michigan Colored Infantry, the only all-black regiment organized in the state and one ...
Outsiders of Battlefield Experience: The Journey Home for the Civil War Soldier
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)
Present value is applied to the rapid nature of Civil War soldiers' redeployment home. This paper explores the means by which Union and Confederate soldiers found their way home and the obstacles they encountered along the ...
War Trauma in the Construction of American Lost-war Culture: From WWI to Vietnam and the Present
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)
The war veteran suffering Shell Shock is one of the most enduring images of twentieth century war. Among 21st century media pundits and even some medical professionals, however, few are aware that Shell Shock was largely ...
Models of the Post-Racial World? Rhetorics of Race among U.S. Military Brats
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)
The U.S. military has long been claimed as a model for racial integration, having been integrated by executive order before the general population; significantly, too, the military is constantly shuffling but organized by ...