Randall B. Woods (ed.)

Vietnam and the American Political Tradition

Herausgeber: Woods, Randall B.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780521010009
• ISBN-10: 0521010004
• Artikelnr.: 21254657

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Randall B. Woods; 1. Anti-imperialism in US foreign relations
Frank Ninkovich; 2. World War II, Congress, and the roots of postwar
American foreign policy Randall B. Woods; 3. The progressive dissent:
Ernest Gruening and Vietnam Robert D. Johnson; 4. 'Come home, America': the
story of George McGovern Thomas J. Knock; 5. Congress must draw the line:
senator Frank Church and the opposition to the Vietnam War and the imperial
presidency David F. Schmitz; 6. Dixie's Dove: J. William Fulbright, the
Vietnam War, and the American South Randall B. Woods; 7. Advice and
dissent: Mike Mansfield and the Vietnam War Donald A. Ritchie; 8. The
reluctant 'volunteer': the origins of Senator Albert A. Gore's opposition
to the Vietnam War Kyle Longley; 9. A delicate balance: John Sherman Cooper
and the Republican opposition to the Vietnam War Fredrik Logevall; 10.
Friendly fire: Lyndon Johnson and the challenge to containment H. W.
Brands; 11. Richard Nixon, Congress and the War in Vietnam, 1969-74 Robert
D. Schulzinger.