Memories of a Lost War

In this unique and significant addition to Vietnam studies Memories of a Lost War analyzes the poems written by American veterans protest poets and Vietnamese within political aesthetic and cultural contexts. Drawing on a wealth of material often published in small presses and journals the book highlights the horrors of war and the continuing traumas of veterans in post-Vietnam America. In its inclusion of Vietnamese perspectives the book marks a departure from earlier works that have largely concentrated on Vietnam as a war rather than a country.