The Deadly Bet : LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 Election (Vietnam. America in the War Years)

The Deadly Bet : LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 Election (Vietnam. America in the War Years)

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Book Description
In The Deadly Bet, distinguished historian Walter LaFeber explores the turbulent election of 1968 and its significance in the larger context of American history. Looking through the eyes of the year's most important playersincluding Robert F. Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Martin Luther King, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, Nguyen Van Thieu, and Lyndon JohnsonLaFeber shows the importance of domestic upheaval on the election.

About the Author
One of America's most distinguished political historians, Walter LaFeber is Stephen Weiss Presidential Teaching Fellow at Cornell University. His previous books include The Clash: US Japanese Relations Throughout History, Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

The Deadly Bet: LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 Election (Vietnam. America in the War Years),Walter LaFeber,Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,0742543919,1968,Election,History - U.S.,Johnson, Lyndon B,Political History,Political Process - Elections,Political Science,Politics - Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Presidents,United States,United States - 20th Century/60s,Vietnam War, 1961-1975,American history: postwar, from c 1945 -,Elections & referenda,History / General,History / United States / 20th Century,USA,c 1960 to c 1970

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