Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War
Armed with Abundance examines how consumerism shaped the experience of soldiering during the Vietnam War. Meredith H. Lair’s study connects military history with cultural history, focusing attention on abundance, material life, and the relationship between wartime service and American consumer culture.
About This Book
Armed with Abundance explores the connection between consumerism and soldiering during the Vietnam War.
Meredith H. Lair presents a focused historical study of how military service and consumer culture intersected in a major twentieth-century conflict.
The book considers the role of abundance within the broader experience of American warfare.
It offers readers an approach to Vietnam War history centered on material life, consumption, and the practice of soldiering.
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