The fall of Saigon 1975
Historical Outline (in Danish)
In Country
Philip Caputo, From A Rumor of War in Born in the USA, Futurum 1984
Film: Four Hours In My Lai, Canadian documentary
My Lai
Robert Olen Butler, "In the Clearing" from A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain 1993
Protests at home
Country Joe and the Fish: I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag (1965)
Denise Levertov, "What Were They Like? (Questions and Answers) from Where Is Vietnam? American Poets Respond N.Y. 1967
George Hitchcock, "Scattering Flowers", Ibid.
Homecoming
Tim O'Brien, "Speaking of Courage", "Notes" from The Things They Carried (1990)
"Homecoming from Vietnam", in Born in the USA, Futurum 1984
Bruce Springsteen, "Born in the USA", Ibid.
From Al Santoli, To BearAny Burden, "Adolphus Stuart : Rice", London 1986
The Aftermath
"Remember A War We Want to Forget" , Ibid.
Thomas Thomas E. Ricks: "War Called Riskier Than Vietnam" Washington Post , April 29, 2007
Written assignment due October 2nd 2008:
Using the texts "Homecoming from Vietnam" and "Rice" write an essay about the plight of the vietnam veterans returning to the USA. You may draw parallels to some of the other texts we have read.
Approx. 600-700 words