Research Catalog

Title

Creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial : the inside story / Robert W. Doubek.

Author

Doubek, Robert W.

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

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Details

Description

x, 311 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"Since its dedication in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become an American cultural icon symbolizing the war in Vietnam. The black granite wall of names is one of the most familiar media images associated with the war, and after three decades the memorial remains one of the nation's most visited monuments"--

Subject

• Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.) > History
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Monuments > Washington (D.C.)
• Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"What about a memorial?" -- The man and the idea -- 144.50 -- The West Pointer and the sculptor -- Friends in high places -- New recruits but bunko too -- Two acres -- 'National velvet' -- The buck, the millionaire, and action on all fronts -- Crisis on the Hill, but promise of a rose garden -- Design disputes -- The fundraising maze -- Not afraid of Virginia Woolf -- Burning out -- The largest architectural design competition ever -- "What the hell is that?" -- Unveiling and reaction -- Who's the real mother? -- The sacred names and the inscription -- Our opponents take the field -- "A nasty five hours" -- Prefixes -- Moving dirt and molding clay -- "Art war" -- "A felt need in this country for healing" -- Our moment -- The truce ends -- The diva sings -- Safe at home, but no applause -- "Our Parthenon".

ISBN

• 9780786479092
• 0786479094 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 9781476619880 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2015018322

OCLC

898167342

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library