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

by Andrew L. Johns

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813136601
• ISBN13: 9780813136608
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"