The Meaning of Vietnam
Mailer's contribution to a New York Review of Books symposium on the war's responsibility and aftermath, alongside Chomsky, Hardwick, Lasch, Lowell, McCarthy, Sontag, and Vidal.
“The Meaning of Vietnam,” Mailer’s contribution to a New York Review of Books symposium (12 June 1975) in which fifteen writers were asked to weigh the responsibility for the war and its effects on American life. The other contributors include Noam Chomsky, Elizabeth Hardwick, Christopher Lasch, Robert Lowell, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, and Gore Vidal.