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Biographical Fraud and Traumatic Nationalism: Joseph Ellis's Vietnam Testimony

Biographical Fraud and Traumatic Nationalism: Joseph Ellis's Vietnam Testimony <p>In 2001, the Boston Globe reported that Joseph Ellis, an award-winning presidential biographer and professor of history, had lied to students and reporters about having served in the Vietnam War. This essay presents the Ellis scandal as an example of how traumatic events serve as vehicles for national affiliation, and of how the concept of trauma misrepresents our relationship to history.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biography University of Hawai'I Press

Biographical Fraud and Traumatic Nationalism: Joseph Ellis&apos;s Vietnam Testimony

Biography , Volume 29 (4) – Feb 5, 2007

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Publisher
University of Hawai'I Press
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Biographical Research Center.
ISSN
0162-4962
eISSN
1529-1456

Abstract

<p>In 2001, the Boston Globe reported that Joseph Ellis, an award-winning presidential biographer and professor of history, had lied to students and reporters about having served in the Vietnam War. This essay presents the Ellis scandal as an example of how traumatic events serve as vehicles for national affiliation, and of how the concept of trauma misrepresents our relationship to history.</p>

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BiographyUniversity of Hawai'I Press

Published: Feb 5, 2007

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