We Gotta Get Out of This Place
“We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War” places popular music at the heart of the American experience in Vietnam. The presentation explores how and why U.S. troops turned to music as a way of connecting to each other and the World back home and of coping with the complexities of the war they had been sent to fight. It also demonstrates that music was important for every group of Vietnam veterans—black and white, Latino and Native American; men and women; officers and “grunts”—whose personal reflections drive the book’s narrative.
Instructor
Doug Bradley has worked for the UW for three decades, is a veteran of the Vietnam war and has written three books, DEROS Vietnam: Dispatches from the Air-Conditioned Jungle and co-authored, with Professor Craig Werner, We Gotta Get Out of ... read more
Date: Thu, May 11
Delivery Method: In-person With Livestream
Time: 12:30-1:45pm CT
Location: UWM Hefter Conference Center or view on Zoom
Instructor: Doug Bradley
Fee: $10
Program Number: SPRI:384
