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Home From the War; Vietham Veterans: Neither Victims nor Executioners
by Rbert Jay Lifton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671215450
- ISBN 13
- 9780671215453
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$16.84NZ$11.79
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About This Item
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 1973 Simon & Schuster, New York. 1973. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and lower rear tip; small stain on textblock bottom. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($8.95); light wear at tips; light edge bumping. Beige cloth boards and spine with orange lettering on the spine. Clean internals. 478 pp 8vo. In this book the author writes about the extremes of pain and alienation suffered by the Vietnam veterans and about their search for reconnection and continuity. This book is about the process of individual and collective transformation from war to peace, suffering and realization, and the life-death issues that face the survivors. Lifton describes the struggle to confront the absurdity and horror of Vietnam and the struggle by those who have become numbed in this process, to regain their feelings and develop a new sense of themselves and their world. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013154
- Title
- Home From the War; Vietham Veterans: Neither Victims nor Executioners
- Author
- Rbert Jay Lifton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671215450
- ISBN 13
- 9780671215453
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Vietnam survivors, PTSD, Vietnam survivor syndrome, rage violence, MyLai, drug abuse, heroin, slaughter, meaninglessness, human consciousness, mental health, military combat, combat wounded, KIA in Vietnam, The Vietnam Wall, hea
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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