The Vietnam War was the largest American military interventions since World War II and the most controversial American war since the Civil War. The controversy has outlived the war's end and its memory has resonated in discussions of every American intervention since then.
Unsurprisingly, interest in the Vietnam War has also spawned numerous books on various aspects of the conflict, but to date no book has been published focusing on the United States Senate even though the war could not have taken place without the Senate's support. Gary Stone's Elites for Peace fills this gap, giving...