Peace Now!: American Society and the Ending of the Vietnam War

by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones and Professor Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

Book Overview

How did the protests and support of ordinary American citizens affect their country's participation in the Vietnam War? This engrossing book focuses on four social groups that achieved political prominence in the 1960s and early 1970s--students, African Americans, women, and labor--and investigates the impact of each on American foreign policy during the war.

Drawing on oral histories, personal interviews, and a broad range of archival sources,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300089201
• ISBN13: 9780300089202
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Compelling interpretation of the end of the Vietnman War....

The desires and motives of four social groups are examined herein. The author makes a compelling case for the serial nature of these groups' revolt against the war, and their resultant affect on the US withdrawl from the war.