Vietnam's Second Front: Domestic Politics, the Republican Party, and the War

Andrew Johns argues that recent scholars of the Vietnam War have grossly underestimated the importance of partisan politics, election-year maneuvering, and domestic political culture in their understanding of the origins and escalation of America's longest war. In Vietnam's Second Front: Domestic Politics, the Republican Party, and the War, Johns evaluates the profound influence of the Republican Party - its congressional leadership, governors, elder statesmen, grass-roots organizations, as well

Author: Andrew L. Johns
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 02/01/2012
Pages: 444
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.17w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9780813136608

About the Author

Andrew L. Johns, associate professor of history at Brigham Young University, is coeditor of The Eisenhower Administration, the Third World, and the Globalization of the Cold War.

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