The myth of the addicted army : Vietnam and the modern war on drugs
Record details
- ISBN: 9781558497054
- ISBN: 9781558497047
- ISBN: 1558497056
- ISBN: 1558497048
- ISBN: 9781613761182
- ISBN: 161376118X
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 303 pages)
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Computer data. - Publisher: Amherst [Mass.] : University of Massachusetts Press, �2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User. OldControl:muse9781613761182. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-285) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : the politics of scapegoating -- "The press has done a tremendous disservice" : historical perspective -- Creating the myth of the "Nam junkie" : mass media and the rise of a drug scare -- Deconstructing the myth : the great national drug debate of the sixties and seventies -- "A generation of junkies" : the antiwar movement, the Democratic Party, and the myth -- The brass responds, part I : Nixon's war on drugs -- The brass responds, part II : from counterinsurgency to narco-insurgency in Southeast Asia -- "Get up you doped up bastard!" : the myth in Hollywood and popular television -- The crackdown : the Reagan revolution and the war on drugs -- The myth endures. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | Electronic books. History. |