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What We Can and Can't Afford: Essays on Vietnam, Patriotism and American Life Paperback – May 1, 2023

by W.D. Ehrhart (Author)
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Bill Ehrhart's experiences in the Vietnam War have defined his life--first as an enlisted member of a Marine infantry battalion, then as an author, poet and teacher who has spent fifty years explicating the war and its consequences in books, lectures and interviews.

In these essays he explores a diverse range of topics. They include gun violence and the Second Amendment, American politics and the accelerating destruction of civil society, Afghanistan and other foreign policy misadventures, Israel and Palestine, the nature of patriotism, history as fact and mythology, the blessings of technology, the vast mystery of the universe, the attraction of Grand Tour bicycle racing, the much misunderstood writer Stephen Crane, poets you should know about but probably don't. And more.

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    254 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    McFarland
  4. Publication date
    May 1, 2023
  5. Reading age
    18 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.51 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1476692203
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1476692203
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“There are many excellent and revelatory essays in this collection. I would recommend to anyone wanting to read American history.”―The Veteran

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Memoirist, poet, editor, and Marine veteran W.D. Ehrhart taught English and history at the Haverford School in Haverford, Pennsylvania. The author of twenty books, his prose and poetry have appeared in hundreds of publications including the Los Angeles Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Utne Reader, Reader's Digest, American Poetry Review and the Virginia Quarterly Review. He was a major presence in the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary The Vietnam War.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McFarland (May 1, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1476692203
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1476692203
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.51 x 9 inches
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