Vietnam and the transformation of American life
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Vietnam and the transformation of American life
(Problems in American history)
Blackwell Publishers, 1999
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Description
In this concise and lively volume, award-winning author Robert Buzzanco examines the role America played in the Vietnam War and how the consequences of this involvement dramatically changed American politics, culture, and society at a period when the United States was most vulnerable. Divided into two sections, Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life begins with a history of the emergence of Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese nationalist movement and explains why the United States intervened in Vietnam despite pessimism over American military prospects there. Buzzanco then traces the repeated escalations of the war in the Johnson and Nixon years, and, finally, the causes and consequences of American defeat. Part Two focuses on the major political and social movements of the 1960s: liberalism, civil rights, women's liberation, student activist movements protesting the war, and other youth culture movements. The book demonstrates how domestic mobilization against the war changed US political and social life and these changes gave rise, in turn, to other movements and consequent changes of great significance to American society.
The Vietnam War, which dominated American life during the 1960s, helped to create, radicalize, and alter social and political life in the US. In Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life Robert Buzzanco generates fresh and intriguing insights that will inspire both students and general readers as they approach this dramatically divisive, volatile, and ultimately crucial period of American history.
Table of Contents
Preface. Intersection: The Vietnam War and the Social and Political Movements of the 1960s. Part I: The Vietnam War: 1. Containment, Liberalism, and Vietnam: Background to the American War. 2. Why (Not) Vietnam? The Vietnamese, the French, and the Americans to 1960. 3. Destroying the Country to Save It: The American War on Vietnam, 1960-1968. 4. The Empire Strikes Back: The Vietnam War from 1968 to 1975. Part II: The Movements of the 1960s: 5. Hope and Anguish: Background to the 1960s. 6. Love Me, I'm a Liberal: Vietnam and the Politics of the 1960s. 7. The Wars at Home: Civil Rights and Women's Liberation. 8. One, Two, Three,Four, What are We Fightin' For? The War and American Culture. 9. At War with Vietnam . . . Still: The Impact and Legacy of the War and the 1960s.
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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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vi
Introduction: Intersection: The Vietnam War and the Social and Political Movements of the 1960s 1
Part I The Vietnam War
1 Containment, Liberalism, and Vietnam: Background to the American War 13
2 Why (Not) Vietnam? The Vietnamese, the French, and the Americans to 1960 22
3 Destroying the Country to Save It: The American War on Vietnam, 1960-1968 61
4 The Empire Strikes Back: The Vietnam War from 1968 to 1975 101
Part II The Movements of the 1960s
5 "Many Deeds of War": Hope and Anguish in the 1960s 139
6 Love Me, I'm a Liberal: The Politics of 1960s and Vietnam 150
7 The Struggles at Home: Civil Rights and Women's Liberation 191
8 "One, Two, Three, What Are We Fightin' For?" Cultural Politics in the Vietnam Era 234
Notes 252
Bibliography 264
Index 270
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