Up against the Wall: Commemorating and Framing the Vietnam War on the National Mall

The Education Center at The Wall and the Rewriting of History

The Public Historian ◽

10.1525/tph.2012.34.1.34 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 34-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Meredith H. Lair

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Vietnam War ◽

Lost Cause ◽

Emotional Impact ◽

Political Opposition ◽

History Of ◽

The Vietnam War ◽

National Mall ◽

New Facility

Abstract This article examines plans for “The Education Center at The Wall,” a new facility on the National Mall that will present the history of the Vietnam War as a series of military engagements devoid of political opposition. I argue that this commemorative site promises the intellectual weight of a museum while providing only the emotional impact of a patriotic shrine. By focusing on individual acts of heroism and sacrifice by American soldiers, the Education Center will enable visitors to re-imagine the Vietnam War, which was once regarded as an American tragedy, as both a “good war” and the ennobling “lost cause” of the twentieth century.

Review of The weaponsmakers: Personal and professional crisis during the Vietnam war.

Contemporary Psychology ◽

10.1037/018428 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 344-345

Author(s):

EDWARD E. JONES

Keyword(s):

Vietnam War ◽

The Vietnam War

Takes on intelligence and the Vietnam war: Review of "Vietnam: The history of an unwinnable war, 1945-1975;" "Why Vietnam matters: An eyewitness account of lessons not learned;" and "This time we win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive"

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e741172011-007 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Clayton Laurie

Keyword(s):

Vietnam War ◽

History Of ◽

The Vietnam War ◽

Eyewitness Account ◽

Tet Offensive

Attitudes toward the Vietnam War Measure

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t05730-000 ◽

1973 ◽

Author(s):

Richard C. Sherman

Keyword(s):

Vietnam War ◽

The Vietnam War

The Painters of Mekong Delta: Vietnamese Modern Art and Activities of NLF Guerrilla Artists during the Vietnam War

The Journal of Art Theory & Practice ◽

10.15597/17381789201520271 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

pp. 271-303

Author(s):

Taeman Choi ◽

Keyword(s):

Vietnam War ◽

Modern Art ◽

Mekong Delta ◽

The Vietnam War

The Depiction of War Reporters in Hollywood Feature Films from the Vietnam War to the Present

Film History ◽

10.2979/fil.2002.14.3-4.243 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 14 (3-4) ◽

pp. 243-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Stephen Badsey

Keyword(s):

Vietnam War ◽

Feature Films ◽

The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War, edited by Peter LoweThe Vietnam War, edited by Peter Lowe. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1998. xii, 253 pp. $59.95 U.S.

Canadian Journal of History ◽

10.3138/cjh.34.3.506 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 506-508

Author(s):

Andrew Hunt

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Vietnam War ◽

The Vietnam War

Veteran Narratives and the Collective Memory of the Vietnam War by John A. WoodJohn A. Wood, Veteran Narratives and the Collective Memory of the Vietnam War. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2016. vii, 194 pp. $69.96 US (cloth), $29.95 US (paper or e-book).

Canadian Journal of History ◽

10.3138/cjh.ach.53.2.rev32 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 322-323

Author(s):

Geoffrey C. Stewart

Keyword(s):

Collective Memory ◽

Vietnam War ◽

Ohio University ◽

The Vietnam War

Kenneth Payne, The Psychology of Strategy. Exploring Rationality in the Vietnam War

ERIS – European Review of International Studies ◽

10.3224/eris.v2i3.23463 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 169-171

Author(s):

Charles Sitzenstuhl

Keyword(s):

Vietnam War ◽

The Vietnam War

Parallels in Conflict: The American Revolution and the Vietnam War

10.21236/ada177765 ◽

1986 ◽

Author(s):

II Daly ◽

Robert P.

Keyword(s):

Vietnam War ◽

American Revolution ◽

The Vietnam War