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



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Titolo: Dear Dr. Spock [[electronic resource] ] : letters about the Vietnam War to America's favorite baby doctor / / edited by Michael S. Foley Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
Disciplina: 959.704/3373
Soggetto topico: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Public opinion
Public opinion - United States
Pediatricians - United States
Soggetto non controllato: Americans
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Altri autori: FoleyMichael S  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Dear Dr. Spock  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-2849-9
0-8147-2776-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778246503321
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