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We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Bradley, Douglas; Werner, Craig
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Description for We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Veterans recall the impact of popular music on the American experience in Vietnam Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AVGP; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 825.
For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam's Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra's ""These Boots Are Made for Walkin'."" For a ""tunnel rat"" who blew smoke into the Viet Cong's underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrix's ""Purple Haze."" For a black marine distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., it was Aretha Franklin's ""Chain of Fools."" And for countless other Vietnam vets, it was ""I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die,"" ""Who'll Stop the Rain,"" or the song that gives this book its title.
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For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam's Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra's ""These Boots Are Made for Walkin'."" For a ""tunnel rat"" who blew smoke into the Viet Cong's underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrix's ""Purple Haze."" For a black marine distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., it was Aretha Franklin's ""Chain of Fools."" And for countless other Vietnam vets, it was ""I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die,"" ""Who'll Stop the Rain,"" or the song that gives this book its title.
In We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Doug ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625341976
SKU
V9781625341976
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About Bradley, Douglas; Werner, Craig
Doug Bradley, a Vietnam veteran, teaches a course on the war with Craig Werner, professor of Afro-American studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA and author of Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul.
Reviews for We Gotta Get Out of This Place
"Intimate and deeply informative, with a scope that encompasses both the war itself and the way that music has helped raise awareness of veterans' issues long after its end." —Rolling Stone