{"product_id":"nothing-ever-dies-vietnam-and-the-memory-of-war-9780674660342","title":"Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll wars are fought twice  the first time on the battlefield  the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prizewinning novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call the American Wara conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both nations.  From a kaleidoscope of cultural formsnovels  memoirs  cemeteries  monuments  films  photography  museum exhibits  video games  souvenirs  and moreNothing Ever Dies brings a comprehensive vision of the war into sharp focus. At stake are ethical questions about how the war should be remembered by participants that include not only Americans and Vietnamese but also Laotians  Cambodians  South Koreans  and Southeast Asian Americans. Too often  memorials valorize the experience of ones own people above all else  honoring their sacrifices while demonizing the enemyor  most often  ignoring combatants and civilians on the other side altogether. Visiting sites across the United States  Southeast Asia  and Korea  Viet Thanh Nguyen provides penetrating interpretations of the way memories of the war help to enable future wars or struggle to prevent them.  Drawing from this war  Nguyen offers a lesson for all wars by calling on us to recognize not only our shared humanity but our ever-present inhumanity. This is the only path to reconciliation with our foes  and with ourselves. Without reconciliation  wars truth will be impossible to remember  and wars trauma impossible to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789442637877,"sku":"ByrdShop_067466034X","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674660342.jpg?v=1784691495","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/nothing-ever-dies-vietnam-and-the-memory-of-war-9780674660342","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}