Mansfield and Vietnam

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Mansfield and Vietnam: A Study in Rhetorical Adaptation is the first major work to examine the role played by Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, Democrat from Montana, in the formulation and execution of U.S. Vietnam policy. Drawing upon material from the Mansfield Papers, personal interviews, public speeches, and recently declassified documents, Olson traces Mansfield's journey from ardent supporter of Diem in the late 1950s to quiet critic of LBJ in the mid-1960s, and finally, to outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

subjects: Foreign relations,  Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975,  Rhetoric,  English language,  Vietnam War, 1961-1975,  United states, foreign relations, vietnam,  Vietnam, foreign relations, united states,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, united states,  United states, foreign relations, 1945-1989

People: Mike Mansfield (1903-)

Places: United States,  Vietnam

Times: 1945-1989