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LateThoughts PHILIP D. BEIDLER The Legacy of Vietnam on an Old War TheUniversityofGeorgiaPress AthensandLondon ©2004bytheUniversityofGeorgiaPress LibraryofCongress Athens,Georgia30602 Cataloging-in-PublicationData Allrightsreserved Beidler,PhilipD. DesignedbyKathiDaileyMorgan Latethoughtsonanoldwar:thelegacyof SetinBertholdBaskervillebyBookcomp,Inc. Vietnam/PhilipD.Beidler. PrintedandboundbyThomson-Shore p. cm. Thepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelines ISBN0-8203-2589-9(hardcover:alk.paper) forpermanenceanddurabilityoftheCommittee 1.VietnameseConflict,1961–1975—United onProductionGuidelinesforBookLongevity States. 2.VietnameseConflict,1961–1975— oftheCouncilonLibraryResources. Influence. 3.VietnameseConflict,1961–1975— PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Motionpicturesandtheconflict. 4.Vietnamese 08 07 06 05 04 C 5 4 3 2 1 Conflict,1961–1975—Literatureandtheconflict. 5.VietnameseConflict,1961–1975—Musicand theconflict.I.Title. DS558.B452004 959.704'31—dc22 2003016943 BritishLibraryCataloging-in-Publication Dataavailable ForMikeDoyle This page intentionally left blank Contents AfterApocalypseNow 1 TheLanguageoftheNam 10 Solatium 38 JustLikeintheMovies 48 HowIFlunkedRaceinVietnam 60 LateThoughtsonPlatoon 81 TheMusicoftheNam 103 VietPulp 122 Sorry,Mr.McNamara 139 Calley’sGhost 153 WantingtoBeJohnBalaban 174 TheYears 192 Acknowledgments 213 This page intentionally left blank Late Thoughts on an Old War This page intentionally left blank

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Philip D. Beidler, who served as an armored cavalry platoon leader in Vietnam, sees less and less of the hard-won perspective of the common soldier in what America has made of that war. Each passing year, he says, dulls our sense of immediacy about Vietnam’s costs, opening wider the emptation to m

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LateThoughts PHILIP D. BEIDLER The Legacy of Vietnam on an Old War TheUniversityofGeorgiaPress AthensandLondon ©2004bytheUniversityofGeorgiaPress LibraryofCongress Athens,Georgia30602 Cataloging-in-PublicationData Allrightsreserved Beidler,PhilipD. DesignedbyKathiDaileyMorgan Latethoughtsonanoldwar:thelegacyof SetinBertholdBaskervillebyBookcomp,Inc. Vietnam/PhilipD.Beidler. PrintedandboundbyThomson-Shore p. cm. Thepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelines ISBN0-8203-2589-9(hardcover:alk.paper) forpermanenceanddurabilityoftheCommittee 1.VietnameseConflict,1961–1975—United onProductionGuidelinesforBookLongevity States. 2.VietnameseConflict,1961–1975— oftheCouncilonLibraryResources. Influence. 3.VietnameseConflict,1961–1975— PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Motionpicturesandtheconflict. 4.Vietnamese 08 07 06 05 04 C 5 4 3 2 1 Conflict,1961–1975—Literatureandtheconflict. 5.VietnameseConflict,1961–1975—Musicand theconflict.I.Title. DS558.B452004 959.704'31—dc22 2003016943 BritishLibraryCataloging-in-Publication Dataavailable ForMikeDoyle This page intentionally left blank Contents AfterApocalypseNow 1 TheLanguageoftheNam 10 Solatium 38 JustLikeintheMovies 48 HowIFlunkedRaceinVietnam 60 LateThoughtsonPlatoon 81 TheMusicoftheNam 103 VietPulp 122 Sorry,Mr.McNamara 139 Calley’sGhost 153 WantingtoBeJohnBalaban 174 TheYears 192 Acknowledgments 213 This page intentionally left blank Late Thoughts on an Old War This page intentionally left blank

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Philip D. Beidler, who served as an armored cavalry platoon leader in Vietnam, sees less and less of the hard-won perspective of the common soldier in what America has made of that war. Each passing year, he says, dulls our sense of immediacy about Vietnam’s costs, opening wider the emptation to m

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