Tours of Vietnam – War, Travel Guides, and Memory Laderman Paperback

Tours of Vietnam\nby Scott Laderman\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Scott Laderman\nTitle: Tours of Vietnam\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Asian history\nPublisher: Duke University Press\nPublication year: 2009\nISBN-13: 9780822344148\nISBN-10: 0822344149\nRRP: \u00A327.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nIn Tours of Vietnam, Scott Laderman demonstrates how tourist literature has shaped Americans\u2019 understanding of Vietnam and projections of United States power since the mid-twentieth century. Laderman analyzes portrayals of Vietnam\u2019s land, history, culture, economy, and people in travel narratives, U.S. military guides, and tourist guidebooks, pamphlets, and brochures. Whether implying that Vietnamese women were in need of saving by \u201Cmanly\u201D American mi.