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BOX 17 (Photocopies of Articles and Separate Publications) BOX 17 (Photocopies of articles and separate publications) Allen, Henry. "Vietnam: The modern war in art and memory" Washington post (Oct 4, 1987), p. F1, F4. [clipping] Amen, Daniel G. "Post-Vietnam stress disorder: a metaphor for current and past life events" American journal of psychotherapy 39/4 (Oct 1985), p. 580-86. [photocopy] "American notes: Viet Nam, Suicide of a veteran" Time (Oct 1, 1984), p. 29. Arkin, William, and Dobrofsky, Lynne R. "Military socialization and masculinity" Journal of social issues 34/1 (1978), p. 151-68. [photocopy] Arnebeck, Bob. "Views/reviews: Monumental folly" Progressive (July 1982), p. 46-47. [clipping] Asian CineVision. Of love and war: cinema of Vietnam [Film series program, Jan. 21- 27, 1994] Badillo, Gilbert, and Curry, G. David. "The social incidence of Vietnam casualties: social class or race?" Armed forces and society 2/3 (May 1976), p. 397-406. [photocopy] Baker, Russell (see under Engelberg, Stephen) Banko, Stephen T., III. "The search for the living stream: Vietnam veterans as casualties" Vital speeches of the day 51 (Jan 1, 1985), p. 166-68. [Photosopy] Barajas, Lillian. (see She served too… a guide to counseling women veterans) Barnes, Fred. "My change of heart: coming around to the noble cause" (see under "Myths of revolution" Barnett, Anthony. Review of Vietnam, a television history: "Vietnam now" New statesman (July 1, 1983), p. 31. [photocopy] Bates, Milton J. "Tim O’Brien’s myth of courage" Modern fiction studies (date?), p. 263- 79. [photocopy] Beck, Melinda, and Lord, Mary. "Refighting the Vietnam War" Newsweek (Oct 25, 1982), p. 30. [photocopy] Benson, Sheila. "Movie reviews: One hits its target, but the other misses" [review of Full metal jacket] Los Angeles times (Jun 26, 1987), Calendar, p. 1, 8. [clipping] Bergman, Arlene Eisen. "The politics of rape in Viet Nam" and "Mass production of prostitutes" chapters 4-5 in her Women of Viet Nam 2nd ed. San Francisco: People's Press, 1975. (p. 60-91) [photocopy] Bernstein, Fred (see "Where are they now?") Bess, Donovan. "The menace of the Barbie dolls" Ramparts (dec 1968), p. 25-28. [photocopy] Blair, William G. "Tet Offensive: turning point in Vietnam War" New York times (Jan 31, 1988), p. ? [clipping] Blake, Daniel J. "Treatment of acute posttraumatic stress disorder with tricyclic antidepressants" Southern medical journal 79/2 (Feb 1986), p. 201-4. [photocopy] Blank, Arthur, S., Jr. "Response of Director, Readjustment Counseling Service to Management Support Office study" (16 leaves, Dec. 12, 1983) [photocopy of memo to Chief Medical Director, Veterans Administration] Blankfort, Jeffrey. "Our town: the war comes home to Beallesville, Ohio" Ramparts 8/1 (July 1969), p. 39-46. [photocopy] Blount, Roy, Jr. "Salute to John Wayne" Atlantic (Feb 1985), p. 36-40' [photocopy] Bogart, Larry (see under Frick, Robert) Bond, Thomas C. "The why of fragging" American journal of psychiatry 133/11 (Nov 1976), p. 1328-1331. [photocopy] Borus, Jonathan F. "The reentry transition of the Vietnam veteran" Armed forces and society 2/1 (Nov 1975), p. 97-114. [photocopy] Bradley, David. Book review of In the field of fire "War in an alternate universe" New York times book review (May 1987), p. 25, 49. [photocopy] Brinson, Thomas, and Treanor, Vince. Conference paper: "Vietnam veterans and alcoholism" (9 leaves, presented at the 40th NCA Forum, Detroit, Michigan, Apr 13, 1984) [photocopy] Brown, Georgia A. "Obession" [review of Scarface / Brian De Palma] American film 9/3 (Dec 1983), p. 29-34. [photocopy] Broyles, William, Jr. "Marching off to war: I thought Vietnam was wrong, but my going there was right" Texas monthly 14/5 (may 1986), p. 156-8. [photocopy] ________________. "Remembering a war we want to forget" Newsweek (Nov 22, 1982), p. 82-83. [photocopy] ________________. "The road to Hill 10: a veteran's return to Vietnam" Atlantic monthly (Apr 1985), p. 91-118. [photocopy] ________________. "What the Viet Cong should have taught us [on guerrilla warfare in Nicaragua]" U.S. news & and world report (Apr 14, 1986), p. 10. [photocopy] Brue, Mike. Review of documentary television program "'Warriors’ puts Indians’ Viet experience in perspective" Grand Forks herald (Sept 17, 1987), p. ? and Hillyer, Quin. "'Shadow of the warrior': videotape brings understanding" The VAnguard (Mar 1987), p. 3. [photocopy] Bruning, Fred. "An American view: sanitizing the Vietnam war" Maclean's (July 2, 1984), p. 9. [photocopy] Bryant, Nelson. "About men: the sorcery of war" New York times magazine (June 3, 1984), p. 100. [photocopy] Buckley, Christopher. "The Wall" Esquire (Sept 1985), p. 61-73. [photocopy] Burns, Gerald. and Clarke, Steve. Teaching unit "experimental edition": The Vietnam War in American literature (56 p., c1987) [mimeograph] Burstein, Allan. "Can monetary compensation influence the course of a disorder?" American journal of psychiatry 143/1 (Jan 1986), p. 112. [photocopy] Butler, Sally. (see She served too… a guide to counseling women veterans) Cannon, Terence, and Erlich, Reese. "The Oakland seven" Ramparts 7/11 (Apr 1969), p. 35-37. [photocopy] Caputo, Philip. "The unreturning army" Playboy (n.d.), p. 108-9, 118, 260+ [photocopy] Chase, Mike. "Two Oglala men fast to promote awareness of district problems" ?Times (Sept 9, 1987), p. 1-2. [photocopy] Churcher, Sharon. "Intelligencer: Vets, yes, politics, no?" New York (May 13, 1985), p. 13. [photocopy] Clarke, Steve. (see under Burns, Gerald) Coburn, Judith. "The last patrol: Vietnam vets return to the battlefield" Mother Jones (Feb/Mar 1987), p. 37-45. [clipping] ___________. "Losing Vietnam, finding Vietnam: sketches from a traveler's return" Mother Jones (Nov 1983), p. 19-27. [photocopy] Colbach, Edward M. "The post-Vietnam stress syndrome: some cautions" Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry Law 13/4 (1985), p. 369-72. [photocopy] Crisis in the Gulf: October 1990 Washington, D.C.: Institute for Policy Studies, 1990. (35 p.: map ; 22 cm.) Crossette, Barbara. "Recalling Tet, the attack that began the end" New York times (Jan 31, 1988), p. A1, A14. [clipping] _______________. "Vietnam jails 17 for attempted guerrilla invasion" New York times (Dec 4, 1987), p.? [clipping] _______________. "Vietnam’s party chief says capitalism can be a guide" New York times (Jan 22, 1988), p. A2. [clipping] Curry, , G. David (see under Badillo, Gilbert) Davidson, Joanne and Lang, John S. " Vietnam’s sad legacy: vets living in the wild" U.S. news & world report (Mar 12, 1984), p. 38-9. [photocopy] Davis, Rod. "The last word: Victims of our noble cause" Progressive (Feb 1983), p. 66. [photocopy] Deadman. "The staged sixties" Ramparts 8/8 (Feb 1970), p. 44-50, 53. [photocopy] Deffenbacher, Jerry L. (see under Hazaleus, Susan L.) Deming, Angus, [et al.]. "Vietnam: MIA’s: a susrprise from Hanoi" Newsweek (July 22, 1985), p. 24? [photocopy] ____________, [et al.] "Vietnam: the hunt for MIAs" Newsweek (Dec 2, 1985), p. 60. [photocopy] DeMott, Benjamin. "Two reporters: at peace and war" Atlantic monthly (Jan 1978), p. ? [photocopy] DeRose, David J. "Personal perspectives: America’s stages and the Vietnam War: Morse Fellowship proposal" (5 leaves, n.d. [198-?]) [typescript with "Old" written at the head of leaf 1] Dionne, E. J., Jr. "Nixon skips conference, but the enigma attends" New York times (Nov 23, 1987), p. A14. [clipping] Dobrofsky, Lynne R (see under Arkin, William) Donnelly, Paul. "Missing inaction" New Haven advocate (Feb 1, 1988), p. 1, 4, 13. [clipping] Doute, Ramona C. Student paper “When Johnny couldn’t come marching home” (21 leaves, Dec 22, 1987) [typescript] Duncan, Donald. "Job wanted: Mercenary soldier" Ramparts 6/3 (Oct 1967), p. 20-23. [photocopy] _____________. "Viet-Nam: the decline and fall of U.S. morale" Ramparts (Oct 26, 1968), p. 12-20. [photocopy] _____________. "The whole thing was a lie! [Memoirs of a Special Forces hero]" Ramparts 4/10 (Feb 1966), p. 13-24. [photocopy] Dunn, Joe P. "Review essay: The POW chronicles: a bibliographic review" Armed forces and society 9/3 (spring 1983), p. 495-514. [photocopy] "Editorial : The moratorium, the war and the empire" Ramparts 8/6 (Dec 1969), p. 6-7. [photocopy] Edwards, Charlene. "Voices from Vietnam" [Photo exhibit announcement and postcard, Tisch School of Arts, New York University, Aug 26-Oct 5, 1996] Engelberg, Stephen. "Profile: North's attorney: 'Workaholic is really too bland'" [Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr.] Washington post (July 6, 1987), p. 10; with, Baker, Russell. "Relevant ignorance" New York times (July ?, 1987), p. ? [clippings] Erlich, Reese (see under Cannon, Terence) Fairbank, John A., Keane, Terence M., and Malloy, Paul F. "Some preliminary data on the psychological characteristics of Vietnam veterans with postraumatic stress disorders" Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 51/6 (1983), p. 912-19. [photocopy] _____________. (see also under Malloy, Paul F.) Faris, John H. "The impact of basic combat training: The role of the drill sergeant in the all-volunteer army" Armed forces and society 2/1 (Nov 1975), p. 115-27. [photocopy] Fenton, James. "Books in general: Nostalgie de la guerre" [review of Dispatches / Michael Herr] New statesman (Apr 7, 1978), p. 464. [photocopy] Foot, Rosemary. "Pointing toward Vietnam" [review of The Korean War / Max Hastings] New York times book review (n.d.), p. ? [clipping] Fox, Terry Curtis. "Stalking The Deer Hunter" Film comment 15/2 (Mar-Apr 1979), p. 22-24. [photocopy] Free lunch no. 21 (autumn 1998) Laguna Niguel, CA: Free Lunch Arts Alliance. (33 p.; 22 cm.) Frick, Robert, and Bogart, Larry. "Transference and countertransference in group therapy with Vietnam veterans" Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 46/5 (1982), p. 429-44. [photocopy] Friedenberg, Edgar Z. "The privilege of violence" Ramparts 13/10 (Aug/Sept 1975), p. 41-44. [photocopy] Gee, Marcus (see under McDonald, Marci) Geyelin, Philip. "War cry" Washington post (Nov 27, 1981), p. A31. [photocopy] Gil, Millie. "Veteranos EU critican trato dado a los de aqui" Unknown newspaper (Mar 29, 1987), p.
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