Description |
xviii, 237 pages : portraits ; 24 cm. |
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Human tradition in America ; no. 5 |
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Human tradition in America ; no. 5.
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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.
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Trimble, William Cattell.
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Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003.
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Fall, Bernard B., 1926-1967.
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Weber, Bill.
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Chambers, Seawillow.
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Randolph, Nancy.
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Terry, Bill Henry, Jr.
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Shoup, David M. (David Monroe), 1904-1983.
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Feinstein, Otto, 1930-2003
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Ellsberg, Daniel.
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Arnett, Peter, 1934-
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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United States -- History -- 1945-
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Added Author |
Anderson, David L., 1946-
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Added Title |
Vietnam era |
Other Form: |
Online version: Human tradition in the Vietnam era. Wilmington, DE : Scholarly Resources, 2000 (OCoLC)606351128 |
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Online version: Human tradition in the Vietnam era. Wilmington, DE : Scholarly Resources, 2000 (OCoLC)608021101 |
ISBN |
0842027629 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780842027625 cloth alkaline paper |
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0842027637 pa. alkaline paper |
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9780842027632 pa. alkaline paper |
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