The spitting image: myth, memory, and the legacy of Vietnam

Introduction: the spitting image

Yellow ribbons and spat-upon veterans: making soldiers the means and ends of war

Dear Spiro Agnew: about soldiers, veterans and the anti-war movement

The Nixon-Agnew counter-offensive: "good veterans" vs. "bad veterans"

Spat-upon veterans: the evidence (or lack thereof)

From Odysseus to Rambo: coming home stories

From badness to madness: the mental labeling of Vietnam veterans

Women, wetness, and warrior dreams

Myth, spit, and the flicks: coming home to Hollywood

We are what we remember.