LEADER 03828nam 22005173 450 001 9910796469003321 005 20230626084631.0 010 $a0-8131-6108-8 035 $a(CKB)3810000000069671 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30373936 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30373936 035 $a(BIP)050577616 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000069671 100 $a20230626d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe American South and the Vietnam War $eBelligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLexington :$cUniversity Press of Kentucky,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (468 pages) 225 1 $aStudies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace Series 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 8 $aTo fully comprehend the Vietnam War, it is essential to understand the central role that southerners played in the nation's commitment to the war, in the conflict's duration, and in the fighting itself. President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Secretary of State Dean Rusk of Georgia oversaw the dramatic escalation of U.S. military involvement from 1965 through 1968. General William Westmoreland, born and raised in South Carolina, commanded U.S. forces during most of the Johnson presidency. Widely supported by their constituents, southern legislators collectively provided the most dependable support for war funding and unwavering opposition to measures designed to hasten U.S. withdrawal from the conflict. In addition, southerners served, died, and were awarded the Medal of Honor in numbers significantly disproportionate to their states' populations.In The American South and the Vietnam War, Joseph A. Fry demonstrates how Dixie's majority pro-war stance derived from a host of distinctly regional values, perspectives, and interests. He also considers the views of the dissenters, from student protesters to legislators such as J. William Fulbright, Albert Gore Sr., and John Sherman Cooper, who worked in the corridors of power to end the conflict, and civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Julian Bond, who were among the nation's most outspoken critics of the war. Fry's innovative and masterful study draws on policy analysis and polling data as well as oral histories, transcripts, and letters to illuminate not only the South's influence on foreign relations, but also the personal costs of war on the home front. 410 0$aStudies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace Series 517 $aAmerican South and the Vietnam War 517 $aStudies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace 610 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975 610 $aPublic Opinion 610 $aSouthern States 610 $aUnited States 610 $aHistory 610 $aSocial Science 610 $aPolitical Science 676 $a959.704/310975 700 $aFry$b Joseph A$01367827 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796469003321 996 $aThe American South and the Vietnam War$93754205 997 $aUNINA