The deadly bet : LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 election / / Walter LaFeber

• Autore: LaFeber Walter
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , [2005]; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.973/0923
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States - Election - 1968; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1963-1969
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-206) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The deadly bet
• ISBN: 9786613912138; 1-283-59968-6; 0-7425-7625-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814887003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Vietnam--America in the war years (Unnumbered)