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[Starting with an analysis of the inversion of imagery in Coming home, the author studies the depiction of Vietnam veterans in pre- and post-1978 films since "almost all Vietnam War films are about veterans and their coming home experiences." (p. 148) Bibliographical references and filmography]
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Probably the highest level of reflection in formulating the rejection of the rhetoric of struggle and victory in literature about the war was reached in Lidiya Ginzburg's Blockade Diary. Ginzburg was one of the most non-utopian and non-rhetorical authors in twentieth-century literature. She was the only one to clearly have set herself the task of a detailed description of the emotional shifts and changes in the entire system of human relations in a country at war and a city under siege:
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[The author first surveys public opinion about the Vietnam War since 1975 (finding an attitude of complacency and a desire to forget). He then examines the rhetorical elements of Platoon and Hamburger Hill, arguing that the second wave of Vietnam War films and television programs have served to overcome public complacency about the war. Bibliography]
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