In the years after World War II, American foreign policy pursued ideals of justice, freedom, and democracy while seeking at the same time national security and the containment of international communism. In The Debate over Vietnam, David Levy examines the bitter national discussion that eventually raged over the propriety, the necessity, and the morality of that involvement.
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"Levy's brief but wide-ranging book offers an overview of the major cultural issues, foreign policy concerns, social movements, and political anxieties that shape debates in the United States surrounding the Vietnam War.
(Journal of American History )Of great practical use for courses which focus on the Vietnam War or on twentieth-century American history... Levy's prose is eminently readable, his focus always clear, the connections between major points always apparent, and his tempo just right. This is a book that could be assigned with confidence that students won't put it down after ten pages of hopeless slogging. Most importantly, students and teachers alike will find it exciting and valuable because it consistently returns... to questions of how and why.
(Matthew C. Stewart American Studies International )An excellent, elegantly written overview.
(History Today )A well-documented assessment of the elements that explain our involvement and disenchantment with Vietnam.
(Virginia Quarterly Review )
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United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, White House, Lyndon Johnson, United Nations, Soviet Union, New York Times, President Johnson, State Department, Cold War, Geneva Accords, Marshall Plan, Robert Kennedy, Bao Dai, Foreign Relations Committee, Martin Luther King, President Nixon, Richard Nixon, San Francisco, South Korea, University of Michigan, Geneva Conference, Latin America, Tom Hayden New!
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During the 1930s international relations grew suddenly acrimonious, and the world quickly became a very dangerous place. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, White House, Lyndon Johnson, United Nations, Soviet Union, New York Times, President Johnson, State Department, Cold War, Geneva Accords, Marshall Plan, Robert Kennedy, Bao Dai, Foreign Relations Committee, Martin Luther King, President Nixon, Richard Nixon, San Francisco, South Korea, University of Michigan, Geneva Conference, Latin America, Tom Hayden New!
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- The Vietnam War and International Law by Richard A. Falk in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Making of A Quagmire: America and Vietnam by David Halberstam on page 89, and Back Matter
- Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy Edition 2. by Alexander DeConde in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Democracy in America (Signet Classics) by Alexis de Tocqueville in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Martin Luther King Jr. (Trailblazers of the Modern World) by Adele Q. Brown on page 95, and page 134
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