Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life

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Paperback, 288 blz. | Engels
John Wiley & Sons | e druk, 1999
ISBN13: 9781577180944
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The Vietnam War, which dominated American life during the 1960s, helped to create, radicalize, and alter social and political life in the US.

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ISBN13:9781577180944
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:288

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<p>Acknowledgements vi</p>
<p>Introduction: Intersection: The Vietnam War and the Social and Political Movements of the 1960s 1</p>
<p>Part I The Vietnam War</p>
<p>1 Containment, Liberalism, and Vietnam: Background to the American War 13</p>
<p>2 Why (Not) Vietnam? The Vietnamese, the French, and the Americans to 1960 22</p>
<p>3 Destroying the Country to Save It: The American War on Vietnam, 1960–1968 61</p>
<p>4 The Empire Strikes Back: The Vietnam War from 1968 to 1975 101</p>
<p>Part II The Movements of the 1960s</p>
<p>5 Many Deeds of War : Hope and Anguish in the 1960s 139</p>
<p>6 Love Me, I m a Liberal: The Politics of 1960s and Vietnam 150</p>
<p>7 The Struggles at Home: Civil Rights and Women s Liberation 191</p>
<p>8 One, Two, Three, What Are We Fightin For? Cultural Politics in the Vietnam Era 234</p>
<p>Notes 252</p>
<p>Bibliography 264</p>
<p>Index 270</p>

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