LEADER 03418nam 22008654a 450 001 9910778246503321 005 20230617035454.0 010 $a0-8147-2849-9 010 $a0-8147-2776-X 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814728499 035 $a(CKB)1000000000484155 035 $a(EBL)865445 035 $a(OCoLC)779828075 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000135494 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162679 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135494 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10063256 035 $a(PQKB)10087033 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865445 035 $a(OCoLC)194336762 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10833 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865445 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10211745 035 $a(DE-B1597)548575 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814728499 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000484155 100 $a20050523d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDear Dr. Spock$b[electronic resource] $eletters about the Vietnam War to America's favorite baby doctor /$fedited by Michael S. Foley 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-2744-1 311 $a0-8147-2743-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGunfire 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. 330 $aAt 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 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 606 $aPediatricians$zUnited States$vCorrespondence 610 $aAmericans. 610 $aDear. 610 $aSpock. 610 $aVietnam. 610 $aarticulate. 610 $acountry. 610 $acreates. 610 $agovernment. 610 $amightily. 610 $apolicies. 610 $apoliies. 610 $aportrait. 610 $areflect. 610 $asense. 610 $astruggling. 610 $atheir. 610 $athemselves. 610 $athose. 610 $aunderstand. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 615 0$aPediatricians 676 $a959.704/3373 701 $aFoley$b Michael S$01539138 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778246503321 996 $aDear Dr. Spock$93834151 997 $aUNINA