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At the Water's Edge: American Politics and the Vietnam War (American Ways Series)
Melvin Small
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Description for At the Water's Edge: American Politics and the Vietnam War (American Ways Series)
Paperback. The Vietnam war destroyed the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and forced the resignation of Richard Nixon. Those presidents who followed constructed their foreign policies mindful that they would not survive politically if they were to lead the nation into another limited war. This book presents a study of the Vietnam War's domestic politics. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 272 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
More than most wars in American history, the long and contentious Vietnam War had a profound effect on the home front, during the war and especially after. In At the Water's Edge, Melvin Small delivers the first study of the war's domestic politics. Most of the military and diplomatic decisions made by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, Mr. Small shows, were heavily influenced by election cycles, relations with Congress, the state of the economy, and the polls. Although all three presidents and their advisers claimed that these decisions were taken exclusively for national security concerns, much evidence suggests otherwise. In ... Read more
More than most wars in American history, the long and contentious Vietnam War had a profound effect on the home front, during the war and especially after. In At the Water's Edge, Melvin Small delivers the first study of the war's domestic politics. Most of the military and diplomatic decisions made by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, Mr. Small shows, were heavily influenced by election cycles, relations with Congress, the state of the economy, and the polls. Although all three presidents and their advisers claimed that these decisions were taken exclusively for national security concerns, much evidence suggests otherwise. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc Chicago, IL
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
American Ways Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566636476
SKU
V9781566636476
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About Melvin Small
Melvin Small is Distinguished Professor of History at Wayne State University and the author of Antiwarriors, The Presidency of Richard Nixon, Democracy and Diplomacy, Covering Dissent, and other books on American history. Born in New York City, he studied at Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan. He lives in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Reviews for At the Water's Edge: American Politics and the Vietnam War (American Ways Series)
A masterful survey of the interrelationships between U.S. domestic politics and the Vietnam War by the most knowledgeable historian on the subject.
Jeffrey Kimball, author of To Reason Why; Nixon’s Vietnam War; and The Vietnam War Files The Vietnam War lives on in American domestic politics, and in this book, Melvin Small explains masterfully why America’s longest war has ... Read more
Jeffrey Kimball, author of To Reason Why; Nixon’s Vietnam War; and The Vietnam War Files The Vietnam War lives on in American domestic politics, and in this book, Melvin Small explains masterfully why America’s longest war has ... Read more