The Conservative Movement and the Vietnam War: The Other Side of Vietnam

ISBN-13: 9780367671464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Seth Offenbach

Opis

This in-depth study examines how the politics surrounding the Vietnam War shaped the modern conservative movement in the United States, as disputes about the war splintered the right, with libertarians opposing the Vietnam War and religious and Christian evangelical conservatives supporting

Recenzje

"Ultimately, Offenbach should be praised for detailing the effects that the Vietnam War had on the conservative movement. This is an important book for our present moment." - Marcus M. Witcher (University of Central Arkansas), H-net.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Other Side of Vietnam  Section I: Conservatives and the Vietnam War  1. The Long 1964  2. United by Strategy  Section II: Problems  3. Dissent of the Libertarians  4. Negative Conservatism  5. The Problem of Richard Nixon  Section III: Redemption  6. Christianity and Conservatism.  Conclusion: From Goldwater to Reagan

O autorze

Seth Offenbach is Assistant Professor of History at Bronx Community College in the City University of New York system.