Mansfield and Vietnam : a study in rhetorical adaptation / Gregory Allen Olson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, Gregory Allen.

Series:

Rhetoric and public affairs series.

Michigan State University Press rhetoric and public affairs series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

English language--United States--Rhetoric.

English language.

United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.

United States.

Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.

Vietnam.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001.

Mansfield, Mike.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mansfield and Vietnam: A Study in Rhetorical Adaptation is the first major work to examine the role played by Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, Democrat from Montana, in the formulation and execution of U.S. Vietnam policy. Drawing upon material from the Mansfield Papers, personal interviews, public speeches, and recently declassified documents, Olson traces Mansfield's journey from ardent supporter of Diem in the late 1950's to quiet critic of LBJ in the mid-1960's, and finally, to outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War in the late 1960's and early 1970's.

Contents:

pt. 1. 1903-1955, a freshman senator helps commit America to South Vietnam

pt. 2. 1956-1963, Senate leadership brings decreased Indochina influence

pt. 3. 1963-1968, private dissent yet public compliance

pt. 4. 1969-1975 Cambodia and the end of Mansfield's "quiet" criticism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-337) and index.

ISBN:

0-87013-941-X

0-585-18842-4

OCLC:

44959628