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Vietnam's second front : domestic politics, the Republican Party, and the war

Title: Vietnam's second front : domestic politics, the Republican Party, and the war / Andrew L. Johns.
Author: Johns, Andrew L., 1968-
Publication: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2010.

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Description

x, 434 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In Vietnam's Second Front: Domestic Politics, the Republican Party, and the War, Andrew L. Johns examines the relationship between foreign policy and domestic politics during America's longest war, assessing the influence of the Republican Party - including the congressional leadership, state and local politicians, grassroots organizations, and the Nixon administration - on the escalation, evolution, and resolution of the conflict. This groundbreaking work also sheds new light on the institutional tensions that existed between Congress and the president as they struggled to formulate and implement U.S. foreign policy." "In clear, incisive prose based on virtually unprecedented research in more than eighty congressional and presidential archives, Vietnam's Second Front covers the broad range of the Republican Party's impact on the Vietnam War, offers a compelling reassessment of responsibility for the conflict, and challenges assumptions about the roles of Congress and the president in U.S. foreign relations." --Book Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : Ares, Virginia, and the myth of the water's edge -- Trapped between Scylla and Charybdis : JFK, the GOP, and domestic politics -- The Cassandra conundrum : GOP opposition to LBJ's Vietnam policy, 1963-1965 -- Opening Pandora's box : escalation and domestic politics, 1965-1966 -- Confronting the hydra : LBJ on the defensive, 1966-1967 -- Sisyphus and Tantalus : the political impact of the war, 1967-1968 -- The Zalmoxis effect : Vietnam and the 1968 presidential election -- The Icarus agenda : Vietnamization and its political implications -- Whither Ariadne? Domestic politics and Nixon's search for peace -- Conclusion: sowing dragon's teeth -- Appendix: Republicans, 1961-1973.

ISBN

9780813125725
0813125723
9780813136608
0813136601

LCCN

2009044739

OCLC

ocn460059236
460059236
SCSB-14472233

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library