Price of Loyalty - Hubert Humphreys Vietnam Conflict

Informationen zum Autor Andrew L. Johns is associate professor of history at Brigham Young University. 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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Andrew L. Johns is associate professor of history at Brigham Young University and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.

Product details

• Authors: , Author, Andrew L Johns, Andrew L. Johns
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780742544529
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4452-9
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years; Vietnam: America in the War Ye
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; 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