02850nam 2200637 450 991046253400332120200520144314.097866139121381-283-59968-60-7425-7625-6(CKB)2670000000241721(EBL)1021919(OCoLC)817812603(SSID)ssj0001062103(PQKBManifestationID)11606425(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001062103(PQKBWorkID)11111815(PQKB)10250093(MiAaPQ)EBC1021919(Au-PeEL)EBL1021919(CaPaEBR)ebr10602204(CaONFJC)MIL391213(EXLCZ)99267000000024172120040901h20052005 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe deadly bet LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 election /Walter LaFeberLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,[2005]©20051 online resource (229 p.)Vietnam. America in the war yearsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7425-4391-9 0-7425-4392-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-206) and index.General William Westmoreland : the Tet offensive -- Senator Eugene McCarthy : the college student crusade -- Lyndon Johnson : "people grow tired of confusion" -- Martin Luther King : the dream -- Robert Kennedy : the "national soul" -- Richard Nixon : the candidate from Squaresville? -- Hubert Horatio Humphrey : the isolation of the politics of joy -- George Wallace : the populism of the Vietnam war era -- Nguyen Van Thieu : a merry-go-round in a chamber of horrors.In The Deadly Bet, distinguished historian Walter LaFeber explores the turbulent election of 1968 and its significance in the larger context of American history. Looking through the eyes of the year's most important players-including Robert F. Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Martin Luther King, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, Nguyen Van Thieu, and Lyndon Johnson-LaFeber shows the importance of domestic upheaval on the election.Vietnam--America in the war years (Unnumbered)PresidentsUnited StatesElection1968Vietnam War, 1961-1975United StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government1963-1969Electronic books.PresidentsElectionVietnam War, 1961-1975324.973/0923LaFeber Walter173785MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462534003321The deadly bet2190979UNINA