Beschreibung:
"Drawing on epochal films such as The Manchurian Candidate and Samuel Fuller's Steel Helmet, in addition to landmark literature by the likes of Richard Kim, Chang-rae Lee, Susan Choi, Le Ly Hayslip, and Maxine Hong Kingston, Cold War Friendships explores the plight of the Asian ally of the American wars in Korea and Vietnam"--
Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Making Friendlies -- Part I: Securing the Korean War -- 1. Lesser Friends -- 2. Faithless Warrior: Richard E. Kim's The Martyred -- 3. Loving Freedom in Susan Choi's The Foreign Student -- 4. Inhuman Alliances: Chang-rae Lee's The Surrendered -- Part II: Reviving the War in Vietnam -- 5. Losing Friends -- 6. Goddess of Reconciliation: Le Ly Hayslip's Memoirs -- 7. Fabricating Friends in Lan Cao's Monkey Bridge -- 8. Shame and Love: Andrew X. Pham's Catfish and Mandala -- Conclusion -- Works Cited