Name: History and Prophecy in Vietnam and the Gulf: Dispatches(1977) and Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles(2003)
Time & Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010 9:00AM – 3:30PM
Location: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 185; UBC Point Grey, 1961 East Mall
Description:
This one-day course looks at two books that give crucial historical perspective to America’s involvement in the Vietnam War and the Gulf War: Dispatches (1977) and Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles (2003). These accounts, based on the personal experience of a combat reporter and a marine sniper, respectively, are also rich with premonitions about how the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have unfolded. Canada’s war in Afghanistan is also part of our discussion. Note: Please read Michael Herr, Dispatches (1977) and Anthony Swofford, Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles (2003) in advance of the course.
Speakers
Michael Zeitlin, PhD
This course is $85+tax, Seniors $75+tax, CLS Students $125+tax
For more information, please visit
https://reg2.cstudies.ubc.ca/session.jsp?sessionId=UP545F10A&courseId=UP545&categoryId=10047.