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The Vietnam War in American memory: Veterans, Memorials and the Politics of Healing

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The Vietnam War in American memory: Veterans, Memorials and the Politics of Healing. / Hagopian, Patrick.
Amherst, Mass.: University of Massachusetts Press, 2009. 568 p.

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Hagopian P. The Vietnam War in American memory: Veterans, Memorials and the Politics of Healing. Amherst, Mass.: University of Massachusetts Press, 2009. 568 p.

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Hagopian, Patrick. / The Vietnam War in American memory : Veterans, Memorials and the Politics of Healing. Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, 2009. 568 p.

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