The American South and the Vietnam War: Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie

by Joseph A. Fry

To fully comprehend the Vietnam War, it is essential to understand the central role that southerners played in the nation's commitment to the war, in the conflict's duration, and in the fighting itself. President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Secretary of State Dean Rusk of Georgia oversaw the dramatic escalation of U.S. military involvement from 1965 through 1968. General William Westmoreland, born and raised in South Carolina, commanded U.S. forces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813161045
• ISBN13: 9780813161044
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary