03828nam 22005173 450 991079646900332120230626084631.00-8131-6108-8(CKB)3810000000069671(MiAaPQ)EBC30373936(Au-PeEL)EBL30373936(BIP)050577616(EXLCZ)99381000000006967120230626d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe American South and the Vietnam War Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie1st ed.Lexington :University Press of Kentucky,2015.©2015.1 online resource (468 pages)Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace SeriesIntro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Regionalism, Southerners, and US Foreign Relations, 1789-1973 -- 2. Southerners and the Vietnam Commitment, 1953-1964 -- 3. Southerners and the Decisions for War, 1965-1966 -- 4. Southern Soldiers -- 5. Southerners and the Debate over the War's Conduct, 1967 -- 6. Southerners and the Decisions to Withdraw from Vietnam, 1968-1970 -- 7. Southern College Students -- 8. Southerners and the End of the Vietnam War, 1971-1973 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index -- Photographs follow page 238.To fully comprehend the Vietnam War, it is essential to understand the central role that southerners played in the nation's commitment to the war, in the conflict's duration, and in the fighting itself. President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Secretary of State Dean Rusk of Georgia oversaw the dramatic escalation of U.S. military involvement from 1965 through 1968. General William Westmoreland, born and raised in South Carolina, commanded U.S. forces during most of the Johnson presidency. Widely supported by their constituents, southern legislators collectively provided the most dependable support for war funding and unwavering opposition to measures designed to hasten U.S. withdrawal from the conflict. In addition, southerners served, died, and were awarded the Medal of Honor in numbers significantly disproportionate to their states' populations.In The American South and the Vietnam War, Joseph A. Fry demonstrates how Dixie's majority pro-war stance derived from a host of distinctly regional values, perspectives, and interests. He also considers the views of the dissenters, from student protesters to legislators such as J. William Fulbright, Albert Gore Sr., and John Sherman Cooper, who worked in the corridors of power to end the conflict, and civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Julian Bond, who were among the nation's most outspoken critics of the war. Fry's innovative and masterful study draws on policy analysis and polling data as well as oral histories, transcripts, and letters to illuminate not only the South's influence on foreign relations, but also the personal costs of war on the home front.Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace SeriesAmerican South and the Vietnam WarStudies in conflict, diplomacy, and peaceVietnam War, 1961-1975Public OpinionSouthern StatesUnited StatesHistorySocial SciencePolitical Science959.704/310975Fry Joseph A1367827MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796469003321The American South and the Vietnam War3754205UNINA