Find a copy online
Links to this item
dawsonera.com View this book online, via DawsonERA, both on- and off-campus
dawsonera.com View this book online, via DawsonERA, both on- and off-campus

Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
Material Type: | Internet resource |
---|---|
Document Type: | Book, Computer File, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Randall Bennett Woods |
ISBN: | 0521811481 9780521811484 0521010004 9780521010009 |
OCLC Number: | 49386371 |
Description: | vii, 324 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Anti-imperialism in U.S. foreign relations / Frank Ninkovich -- World War II, congress, and the roots of postwar American foreign policy / Randall B. Woods -- The progressive dissent: Ernest Gruening and Vietnam / Robert D. Johnson -- "Come home, America": the story of George McGovern / Thomas J. Knock -- Congress must draw the line: Senator Frank Church and the opposition to the Vietnam War and the imperial presidency / David F. Schmitz -- Dixie's dove: J. William Fulbright, the Vietnam War, and the American South / Randall B. Woods -- Advice and dissent: Mike Mansfield and the Vietnam War / Donald A. Ritchie -- The reluctant "volunteer": the origins of Senator Albert A. Gore's opposition to the Vietnam War / Kyle Longley -- A delicate balance: John Sherman Cooper and the Republican opposition to the Vietnam War / Fredrik Logevall -- Friendly fire: Lyndon Johnson and the challenge to containment / H.W. Brands -- Richard Nixon, congress, and the war in Vietnam, 1969-1974 / Robert D. Schulzinger. |
Responsibility: | edited by Randall B. Woods. |
More information: |
Abstract:
Reviews
Publisher Synopsis
"The war in Vietnam was, like the Civil War, one of the formative, tragic events in American history. This splendid collection tells the important story of those in Congress who launched a brave, and at first lonely, effort to end the conflict that they believed was corroding America's finest values." Ronald Steel, University of Southern California "Highly recommended." Choice "Vietnam and the American Political Tradition is a work of importance to historians and political scientists." The Journal of Interdisciplinary History Read more...


Tags
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(27)
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.
- Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 -- Contestation -- États-Unis.
- États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1963-1969.
- États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1969-1974.
- 15.85 history of America.
- Politics and government
- Protest movements.
- United States.
- Friedensbewegung
- Vietnamkrieg
- Protestbewegung
- USA
- Vietnam-oorlog.
- Politieke oppositie.
- Politici.
- Guerre du Viet-Nam (1961-1975) -- Mouvements contestataires -- États-Unis.
- USA.
- Vietnam War
- United States
- Opposition to war
- Political conditions
- Foreign policy alignment
- Political dissent
- Overseas item