Through the Soldiers' Ears
What Americans Fighting in Vietnam Heard and Its Effects
A Study of
Former AFVN Members and Rochester, New York Veterans
Copyright 2000 By Chris Sabis, University of Rochester NY
[Senior Honors Thesis]
[Chris Sabis is now attending Georgetown U. Law School - 2002
AFVN Editor's note - rcm]
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Importance of Music in Vietnam
- Background of Popular War Music
- Protest Music
- Rock
- Folk
- Songs of Support
- The Emotional is Political
- Music in
Vietnam
- AFVN [AFVN was the American Military Radio TV Network in Vietnam - AFVN ed.]
- How Music Was Selected
- A Sample of AFVN Music
- Time Period Differences at AFVN
- De jure Censorship at AFVN
- De facto Censorship at AFVN
- Dodging Censorship at AFVN
- Unauthorized Broadcasting
- Private Collections of American Soldiers
- The
Impact of Music in Vietnam
- Previous Research
- Officers vs. Enlisted Men
- Front vs. Rear
- The Four Types of GI Theory
- Findings of This Study
- The Music
- Officers vs. Enlisted Men
- Front vs. Rear
- Morale
- Soldiers’ Original Music
- Methods of Recording and Distribution
- Content and Purpose of Songs
- Conclusions
- Officers vs. Enlisted Men
- Front vs. Rear
- Morale
- Overall Effects of Music
- The Four Types of GI Theory
- Soldiers’ Original Music
- Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Endnotes