The Vietnam war left a gash in the heart of America that can still be felt today. "The War Within" is a history of America's internal battle over that war, which chronicles the full story of how a powerful grass-roots force - the antiwar movement - changed the course of American history. Tom Wells spent over ten years researching government and antiwar-movement documents and interviewing key players from the Vietnam era - from Dean Rusk, William Westmoreland and John Ehrlichman to Dave Dellinger, Philip Berrigan and Daniel ...
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The Vietnam war left a gash in the heart of America that can still be felt today. "The War Within" is a history of America's internal battle over that war, which chronicles the full story of how a powerful grass-roots force - the antiwar movement - changed the course of American history. Tom Wells spent over ten years researching government and antiwar-movement documents and interviewing key players from the Vietnam era - from Dean Rusk, William Westmoreland and John Ehrlichman to Dave Dellinger, Philip Berrigan and Daniel Ellsberg. Wells moves from protests at the White House gates to antiwar meeting halls, recreating the activities of the student factions, religious organizations, political splinter groups and other organizations that waged campaigns of mass protest, draft resistance, civil disobedience, and sometimes political violence. Here, too, are the behind-the-scenes planning sessions of Democratic and Republican administrations as they sought to discredit and subvert the antiwar movement's efforts. Wells demonstrates that Washington took the antiwar movement seriously at every stage of the war and that the movement was instrumental in the eventual withdrawal of US forces from Southeast Asia. He also reveals how the movement's growing influence prompted the Watergate fiasco.
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Good. Some foxing and/or discoloration around edges. Shows minimal wear such as frayed or folded edges, minor rips and tears, and/or slightly worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages.
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Very Good+ in Very Good++ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 706 pp. Bright and clean copy with light edgewear. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with minor edgewear.
A fine book in the politics around the Vietnam War, both in the U.S. administrations and especially in the streets. Insightful and well-thought-out analysis of the antiwar movement.