The deadly bet : LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 election / Walter LaFeber.
| Author/creator | LaFeber, Walter |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2005. |
| Description | x, 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Vietnam. America in the war years ; Vietnam. America in the war years ;. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | General William Westmoreland : the Tet offensive -- Senator Eugene McCarthy : the college student crusade -- Lyndon Johnson : "people grow tired of confusion" -- Martin Luther King : the dream -- Robert Kennedy : the "national soul" -- Richard Nixon : the candidate from Squaresville? -- Hubert Horatio Humphrey : the isolation of the politics of joy -- George Wallace : the populism of the Vietnam war era -- Nguyen Van Thieu : a merry-go-round in a chamber of horrors. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-206) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004020834 |
| ISBN | 0742543919 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0742543927 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E851 .L33 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |