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

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
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367671464
• ISBN: 978-0-367-67146-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Advances in American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas