Dear Dr. Spock : letters about the Vietnam War to America's favorite baby doctor / edited by Michael S. Foley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foley, Michael S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Public opinion.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Pediatricians--United States--Correspondence.

Pediatricians.

Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998--Correspondence.

Spock, Benjamin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the height of the Vietnam War, thousands of Americans wrote moving letters to Dr. Benjamin Spock, America's pediatrician and a high-profile opponent of the war. Personal and heartfelt, thoughtful and volatile, these missives from Middle America provide an intriguing glimpse into the conflicts that took place over the dinner table as people wrestled with this divisive war and with their consciences. Providing one of the first clear views of the home front during the war, Dear Dr. Spock collects the best of these letters and offers a window into the minds of ordinary Americans. They wrote to

Contents:

Gunfire in the distance, 1965

Into the Quagmire, 1966

Polarization, January - October, 1967

The antiwar challenge and its discontents, October 1967 -

February 1968

Shock waves : the aftermath of Tet and the ordeal at Home, February - May, 1968

The war on trial, May - September, 1968

Toward Nixon's war, September 1968 - December, 1969

The end of the tunnel, 1970-1972.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814728499

0814728499

9780814727768

081472776X

OCLC:

779828075