The American South and the Vietnam War: Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie by Fry, Joseph A.

The American South and the Vietnam War: Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813161044)

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The American South and the Vietnam War: Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie by Fry, Joseph A.

The American South and the Vietnam War: Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie

$40.00
The American South and the Vietnam War: Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie by Fry, Joseph A.

The American South and the Vietnam War: Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie

$40.00
Format: Hardcover
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To fully comprehend the Vietnam War, it is essential to understand the central role that southerners played in the nation's commitment to the war, in the conflict's duration, and in the fighting itself. President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Secretary of State Dean Rusk of Georgia oversaw the dramatic escalation of U.S. military involvement from 1965 through 1968. General William Westmoreland, born and raised in South Carolina, commanded U.S. forces during most of the Johnson presidency. Widel

Author: Joseph A. Fry
ISBN-10: 0813161045
ISBN-13: 9780813161044
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 06/19/2015
Pages: 456
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.50d
By Joseph A. Fry
By Joseph A. Fry
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Joseph A. Fry is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His most recent books include Dixie Looks Abroad: The South and U.S. Foreign Relations, 1789--1973 and Debating Vietnam: Fulbright, Stennis, and Their Senate Hearings.

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