Courses: research writing, history of US foreign policy, Vietnam War (international context) Every book after spot 8 is used only in short excerpts
Fall '22 Class Readings Unlisted
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Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic, Bruce Springsteen
4 stars
This New York Times best seller (more than one million copies sold), presented here in a special fortieth-anniversary edition with …
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From Colony to Superpower by George C. Herring (The Oxford History of the United States, #12)
3 stars
The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation in print. The series …
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On Writing Well by William Zinsser
4 stars
On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is …
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The Spitting Image by Jerry Lembcke
5 stars
One of the most resilient images of the Vietnam era is that of the anti-war protester ― often a woman …
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How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
5 stars
We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the …
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Treacherous Play by Marcus Carter (Playful Thinking)
4 stars
The ethics and experience of “treacherous play”: an exploration of three games that allow deception and betrayal—EVE Online, DayZ, and …
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts
3 stars
It is said that in war heaven and earth change places not once, but many times. When Heaven and Earth …
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Inventing Vietnam by Cynthia J. Fuchs, John Hellmann, David Desser, and 10 others (Culture and the Moving Image)
4 stars
The Vietnam War has been depicted by every available medium, each presenting a message, an agenda, of what the filmmakers …
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The Other Side of Middletown by Luke Eric Lassiter, Hurley Goodall, Elizabeth Campbell, and 17 others
Prompted by the overt omission of Muncie's black community from the famous community study by Robert S. Lynd and Helen …
