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9780742543911

The Deadly Bet LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 Election

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    9780742543911

  • ISBN10:

    0742543919

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-03-11
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Summary

Walter LaFeber explores the turbulent elcetion of 1968 and its significance in the larger context of American history. Clear, concise, and engaging, this work sheds important light on this crucial year and the real influences on American elections.

Author Biography

Walter LaFeber is Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor and Weiss Presidential Teaching Fellow in the Department of History at Cornell University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction War and Democracy: The Life-or-Death Bet 1(18)
1 General William Westmoreland: The Tet Offensive 19(14)
2 Senator Eugene McCarthy: The College Student Crusade 33(16)
3 Lyndon Johnson: "People Grow Tired of Confusion" 49(16)
4 Martin Luther King: The Dream 65(16)
5 Robert Kennedy: The "National Soul" 81(18)
6 Richard Nixon: The Candidate from Squaresville? 99(16)
7 Hubert Horatio Humphrey: The Isolation of the Politics of Joy 115(20)
8 George Wallace: The Populism of the Vietnam War Era 135(16)
9 Nguyen Van Thieu: A Merry-Go-Round in a Chamber of Horrors 151(16)
Conclusion 167(14)
Notes 181(18)
Bibliography 199(8)
Index 207(10)
About the Author 217

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