Dear Dr. Spock [[electronic resource] ] : letters about the Vietnam War to America's favorite baby doctor / / edited by Michael S. Foley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778246503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : New York University Press, c2005
• ISBN: 0-8147-2849-9; 0-8147-2776-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): FoleyMichael S
• Disciplina: 959.704/3373
• Soggetti: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Public opinion; Public opinion - United States; Pediatricians - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Gunfire in the distance, 1965 -- Into the Quagmire, 1966 -- Polarization, January - October, 1967 -- The antiwar challenge and its discontents, October 1967 - -- February 1968 -- Shock waves : the aftermath of Tet and the ordeal at Home, February - May, 1968 -- The war on trial, May - September, 1968 -- Toward Nixon's war, September 1968 - December, 1969 -- The end of the tunnel, 1970-1972.
• Sommario/riassunto: At the height of the Vietnam War, thousands of Americans wrote moving letters to Dr. Benjamin Spock, America's pediatrician and a high-profile opponent of the war. Personal and heartfelt, thoughtful and volatile, these missives from Middle America provide an intriguing glimpse into the conflicts that took place over the dinner table as people wrestled with this divisive war and with their consciences. Providing one of the first clear views of the home front during the war, Dear Dr. Spock collects the best of these letters and offers a window into the minds of ordinary Americans. They wrote to