TY - GEN T1 - American exceptionalism in the age of globalization : the specter of Vietnam A1 - Spanos, William V. LA - English PP - Albany PB - State University of New York Press YR - 2008 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn239406879 AB - "In American Exceptionalism in the Age of Globalization, William V. Spanos explores three writers - Graham Greene, Philip Caputo, and Tim O'Brien - whose work devastatingly critiques the U.S. intervention in Vietnam and exposes the brutality of the Vietnam War. Utilizing poststructuralist theory, particularly that of Heidegger, Althusser, Foucault, and Said, Spanos argues that the Vietnam War disclosed the dark underside of the American exceptionalist ethos and, in so doing, speaks directly to America's war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11"--Jacket OP - 321 CN - PS169.N35 S63 2008eb SN - 9781435658714 SN - 143565871X SN - 9780791472897 SN - 0791472892 KW - American literature : History and criticism. KW - English literature : History and criticism. KW - National characteristics, American, in literature. KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 : Literature and the war. KW - America : In literature. KW - Literature and history : United States. KW - Littérature anglaise : Histoire et critique. KW - Amérique : Dans la littérature. KW - Littérature et histoire : États-Unis. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General. KW - American literature KW - English literature KW - Literature KW - Literature and history KW - National characteristics, American, in literature KW - War and literature KW - America KW - United States KW - Vietnam Conflict KW - English. KW - Languages & Literatures. KW - American Literature. KW - 1961-1975 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -