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1 online resource (370 pages) |
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Rhetoric and Public Affairs |
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Rhetoric and Public Affairs
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: 1903-1955: A Freshman Senator Helps Commit America to South Vietnam""; ""Chapter 1: Mansfield becomes an Asia Expert""; ""Chapter 2: Mansfield becomes an Indochina Expert""; ""Chapter 3: Mansfield�s Report becomes the “Cornerstone� of U.S. Support for Diem""; ""Chapter 4: Mansfield becomes “The Deciding Factor� in Saving Diem""; ""Part II: 1956-1963: Senate Leadership Brings Decreased Indochina Influence""; ""Chapter 5: The Warming of a Cold Warrior"" |
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""Chapter 6: The Beginning of Mansfield�s Private Dissent""""Chapter 7: The Deaths of Two Presidents""; ""Part III: 1963-1968: Private Dissent Yet Public Compliance""; ""Chapter 8: Johnson Moves toward War in Vietnam""; ""Chapter 9: America Goes to War""; ""Chapter 10: Mansfield�s Fifth Visit to Vietnam and Early Efforts to Get to the Bargaining Table""; ""Chapter 11: “Tugging� at Johnson�s Coat""; ""Part IV: 1969-1975: Cambodia and the End of Mansfield�s “Quiet� Criticism""; ""Chapter 12: Nixon, Cambodia, and the Second Indochina War"" |
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""Chapter 13: The Senate Asserts Itself""""Chapter 14: A Missed Opportunity and the End of the Indochina War""; ""Epilogue""; ""Endnotes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Summary |
Mansfield and Vietnam: A Study in Rhetorical Adaptation is the first major work to examine the role played by Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, Democrat from Montana, in the formulation and execution of U.S. Vietnam policy. Drawing upon material from the Mansfield Papers, personal interviews, public speeches, and recently declassified documents, Olson traces Mansfield's journey from ardent supporter of Diem in the late 1950s to quiet critic of LBJ in the mid-1960s, and finally, to outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Olson fo |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001.
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Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001 fast |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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English language -- United States -- Rhetoric
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Diplomatic relations
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English language -- Rhetoric
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
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Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
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United States
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Vietnam
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780870139413 |
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087013941X |
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