Vietnam, NASA, Star Trek and Utopia in 1960s and 70s American Myth and History
by
Matthew Wilhelm Kapell
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
The 1960s and early 70s saw the evolution of Frontier Myths even as scholars were renouncing the interpretive value of myths themselves. Works like Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War exemplified that rejection using his experiences during the Vietnam War to illustrate the problematic consequences of...