Conservative Movement and the Vietnam War - The Other Side of Vietnam

The Vietnam War was the central political issue of the 1960s and 1970s. This study by Seth Offenbach explains how the conflict shaped modern conservatism. The war caused disputes between the pro-war anti-communists right and libertarian conservatives who opposed the war. At the same time, Christian evangelicals supported the war and began forming alliances with the mainstream, pro-war right. This enabled the formation of the New Right movement which came to dominate U.S. politics at the end of the twentieth century. The Conservative Movement and the Vietnam War explains the right's changes between Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.

List of contents

Introduction: The Other Side of Vietnam Section I: Conservatives and the Vietnam War 1. The Long 1964 2. United by Strategy Section II: Problems 3. Dissent of the Libertarians 4. Negative Conservatism 5. The Problem of Richard Nixon Section III: Redemption 6. Christianity and Conservatism. Conclusion: From Goldwater to Reagan

About the author

Seth Offenbach is Assistant Professor of History at Bronx Community College in the City University of New York system.

Summary

This in-depth study examines how the politics surrounding the Vietnam War shaped the modern conservative movement in the United States, as disputes about the war splintered the right, with libertarians opposing the Vietnam War and religious and Christian evangelical conservatives supporting

Additional text

"Ultimately, Offenbach should be praised for detailing the effects that the Vietnam War had on the conservative movement. This is an important book for our present moment." - Marcus M. Witcher (University of Central Arkansas), H-net.

Product details

• Authors: Seth Offenbach, Seth (Bronx Community College of the Ci Offenbach, Seth (Bronx Community College of The City University of New York Offenbach
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780367209544
• ISBN: 978-0-367-20954-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Advances in American History; Routledge Advances in American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; USA, Vietnam, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General