Selma to Saigon: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813145075)

The civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements were the two greatest protests of twentieth-century America. The dramatic escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1965 took precedence over civil rights legislation, which had dominated White House and congressional attention during the first half of the decade. The two issues became intertwined on January 6, 1966, when the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) became the first civil rights organization to formally oppose the war, p

Author: Daniel S. Lucks
ISBN-10: 0813145074
ISBN-13: 9780813145075
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2014
Pages: 394
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.39w x 1.27d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2014 pg. 146