The Broken Country: On Trauma, a Crime, and the Continuing Legacy of Vietnam

by Paisley Rekdal

Book Overview

The Broken Country uses a violent incident that took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2012 as a springboard for examining the long-term cultural and psychological effects of the Vietnam War. To make sense of the shocking and baffling incident--in which a young homeless man born in Vietnam stabbed a number of white men purportedly in retribution for the war--Paisley Rekdal draws on a remarkable range of material and fashions it into a compelling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820351172
• ISBN13: 9780820351179
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"