Introduction: the spitting image
Yellow ribbons and spat-upon veterans: making soldiers the means and ends of war
Dear Spiro Agnew: about soldiers, veterans and the anti-war movement
The Nixon-Agnew counter-offensive: "good veterans" vs. "bad veterans"
Spat-upon veterans: the evidence (or lack thereof)
From Odysseus to Rambo: coming home stories
From badness to madness: the mental labeling of Vietnam veterans
Women, wetness, and warrior dreams
Myth, spit, and the flicks: coming home to Hollywood