Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1991). First edition - An anthology which includes "fourteen diverse and powerful works by some of today's leading critics in Vietnam studies begin to answer the question of how we will filter the writings of the Vietnam War - including fiction, poetry, drama, and memoirs. What will survive the process of critical acclaim and societal affirmationand why?" Among the essays are "Humping the Boonies on Bobbie Ann Mason's In Country" by Katherine Kinney; "The Vietnam War Novels of Taikesho Kaiko" by Mark A. Heberle and much more. Works cited at the end of each essay. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-877453152.