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Title The human tradition in the Vietnam era / edited by David L. Anderson.

Publication Info. Wilmington, DE : Scholarly Resources, 2000.

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  959.7043 HUMAN    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 237 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.
Series Human tradition in America ; no. 5
Human tradition in America ; no. 5.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / David L. Anderson -- I. Americans enter the Vietnam Quagmire. 1. Francis Cardinal Spellman and "Spellman's war" / Wilson D. Miscamble -- 2. Ambassador William Cattell Trimble and Cambodia, 1959-1962 / Kenton Clymer -- 3. Walt Rostow: cheerful hawk / Robert D. Schulzinger -- 4. "The expert": Bernard Fall and his critique of America's involvement in Vietnam / Gary Hess and John McNay -- II. Americans become trapped in the Vietnam quagmire. 5. In my brother's name: the life and death of Spec. 4 Bill Weber / Elizabeth Weber -- 6. Seawillow Chambers: soldier's wife / William J. Brinker -- 7. Nancy Randolph, Army nurse: "Ten thousand patients in nine months [and] all downhill since then" / William J. Brinker -- 8. Bill Henry Terry Jr., killed in action: an African American's journey from Alabama to Vietnam and back / David L. Anderson -- III. Americans struggle against the Vietnam quagmire. 9. David Shoup: four-star troublemaker / Robert Buzzanco and Leigh Fought -- 10. Otto Feinstein, the McCarthy campaign in Michigan, and campus activism during the Col War / Melvin Small -- 11. Daniel Ellsberg: the man who uncovered the war / John Prados -- 12. Peter Arnett: reporting America's wars from Saigon to Baghdad / Clarence R. Wyatt.
Subject Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967.
Trimble, William Cattell.
Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003.
Fall, Bernard B., 1926-1967.
Weber, Bill.
Chambers, Seawillow.
Randolph, Nancy.
Terry, Bill Henry, Jr.
Shoup, David M. (David Monroe), 1904-1983.
Feinstein, Otto, 1930-2003
Ellsberg, Daniel.
Arnett, Peter, 1934-
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
United States -- History -- 1945-
Added Author Anderson, David L., 1946-
Added Title Vietnam era
Other Form: Online version: Human tradition in the Vietnam era. Wilmington, DE : Scholarly Resources, 2000 (OCoLC)606351128
Online version: Human tradition in the Vietnam era. Wilmington, DE : Scholarly Resources, 2000 (OCoLC)608021101
ISBN 0842027629 cloth alkaline paper
9780842027625 cloth alkaline paper
0842027637 pa. alkaline paper
9780842027632 pa. alkaline paper
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