Price of Loyalty Hubert Humphreys Vietnam Conflict

Informationen zum Autor Andrew L. Johns is associate professor of history at Brigham Young University and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. Klappentext This book explores how and why Vietnam loomed so large for Humphrey as vice president from 1964 through the 1968 election campaign against Nixon, assessing the disconnect between Humphrey’s principles and the intricate politics of his convoluted relationship with the president and his unsuccessful presidential campaign. Zusammenfassung This book explores how and why Vietnam loomed so large for Humphrey as vice president from 1964 through the 1968 election campaign against Nixon, assessing the disconnect between Humphrey’s principles and the intricate politics of his convoluted relationship with the president and his unsuccessful presidential campaign. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: "The Graveyard of Presidential Ambitions" Chapter 1: The Happy (Cold) Warrior Chapter 2: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Chapter 3: The Recruiting Sergeant Chapter 4: "When the Gods Wish to Punish Us..." Chapter 5: "An Acceptable Risk for Peace" Conclusion: Humphrey's Faustian Bargain Acknowledgments Bibliography About the Author

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrew L. Johns, Andrew L Johns, , Author
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.07.2020
• Thema: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politisches System
• EAN: 9780742544529
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4452-9
• Anzahl Seiten: 186
• Serie: Vietnam: America in the War Years; Vietnam: America in the War Ye
• Themen: USA, Vietnam, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Vietnam War, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War, Elections and referenda / suffrage