In The Field: The Language Of The Vietnam War
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
To understand a war, one must first understand its language — and no conflict in modern American history generated a richer, stranger, or more revealing vocabulary than Vietnam. In the Field: The Language of the Vietnam War is a meticulous reference work that chronicles the unique lexicon born from one of the most controversial and transformative military engagements of the 20th century, cataloguing the slang, acronyms, military terminology, and cultural expressions used by soldiers, commanders, and civilians caught in the crucible of Southeast Asia. Linda Reinberg brings scholarly authority to this linguistic landscape, presenting each term not merely as a definition but as a cultural artifact — a window into the experience of those who served, suffered, and survived. The work illustrates how language functioned as both a coping mechanism and a marker of identity for an entire generation of combatants, drawing readers into the lived reality of the Vietnam era in a way that conventional histories rarely achieve. Whether used as a research tool or read as a cultural study, this volume leaves one pondering a profound truth: that the words a war invents tell us everything about the war itself.
Author: Linda Reinberg, Ph.D.
Format: Hardback
Genre: Military history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
To understand a war, one must first understand its language — and no conflict in modern American history generated a richer, stranger, or more revealing vocabulary than Vietnam. In the Field: The Language of the Vietnam War is a meticulous reference work that chronicles the unique lexicon born from one of the most controversial and transformative military engagements of the 20th century, cataloguing the slang, acronyms, military terminology, and cultural expressions used by soldiers, commanders, and civilians caught in the crucible of Southeast Asia. Linda Reinberg brings scholarly authority to this linguistic landscape, presenting each term not merely as a definition but as a cultural artifact — a window into the experience of those who served, suffered, and survived. The work illustrates how language functioned as both a coping mechanism and a marker of identity for an entire generation of combatants, drawing readers into the lived reality of the Vietnam era in a way that conventional histories rarely achieve. Whether used as a research tool or read as a cultural study, this volume leaves one pondering a profound truth: that the words a war invents tell us everything about the war itself.