Search Results - "Vietnam War"

Disrupting science social movements, American scientists, and the politics of the military, 1945-1975 / by Moore, Kelly, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Louis Committee for Nuclear Information -- Confronting liberalism : the anti-Vietnam War movement and the ABM debate, 1965-1969 -- Doing "Science for the People" : enactments of a new left politics of science -- Conclusions : disrupting the social and moral order of science.…”
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Disrupting science social movements, American scientists, and the politics of the military, 1945-1975 / by Moore, Kelly, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Louis Committee for Nuclear Information -- Confronting liberalism : the anti-Vietnam War movement and the ABM debate, 1965-1969 -- Doing "Science for the People" : enactments of a new left politics of science -- Conclusions : disrupting the social and moral order of science.…”
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The deaths of others the fate of civilians in America's wars / by Tirman, John

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Death and remembrance in America's wars -- American wars and the culture of violence -- Strategic bombing in the Second World War -- The Korean War : the hegemony of forgetting -- The Vietnam War : the high cost of credibility -- The Reagan doctrine : savage war by proxy -- Iraq : the twenty years' war -- Afghanistan : hot pursuit on terrorism's frontier -- Three atrocities and the rules of engagement -- Counting : a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic -- The epistemology of war.…”
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The deaths of others the fate of civilians in America's wars / by Tirman, John

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Death and remembrance in America's wars -- American wars and the culture of violence -- Strategic bombing in the Second World War -- The Korean War : the hegemony of forgetting -- The Vietnam War : the high cost of credibility -- The Reagan doctrine : savage war by proxy -- Iraq : the twenty years' war -- Afghanistan : hot pursuit on terrorism's frontier -- Three atrocities and the rules of engagement -- Counting : a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic -- The epistemology of war.…”
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Collateral damage Sino-Soviet rivalry and the termination of the Sino-Vietnamese alliance / by Khoo, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…China's cold war alliance with Vietnam : historical and theoretical significance -- Breaking the ring of encirclement : Sino-Soviet alliance termination and the Chinese communists' Vietnam policy, 1964-1968 -- A war on two fronts : the Sino-Soviet conflict during the Vietnam War and the betrayal thesis, 1968-1973 -- The politics of victory : Sino-Soviet relations and the road to Vietnamese unification, 1973-1975 -- The end of an "indestructible friendship" : Soviet resurgence and the termination of the Sino-Vietnamese alliance, 1975-1979 -- When allies become enemies.…”
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Collateral damage Sino-Soviet rivalry and the termination of the Sino-Vietnamese alliance / by Khoo, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…China's cold war alliance with Vietnam : historical and theoretical significance -- Breaking the ring of encirclement : Sino-Soviet alliance termination and the Chinese communists' Vietnam policy, 1964-1968 -- A war on two fronts : the Sino-Soviet conflict during the Vietnam War and the betrayal thesis, 1968-1973 -- The politics of victory : Sino-Soviet relations and the road to Vietnamese unification, 1973-1975 -- The end of an "indestructible friendship" : Soviet resurgence and the termination of the Sino-Vietnamese alliance, 1975-1979 -- When allies become enemies.…”
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Norman Thomas the great dissenter / by Gregory, Raymond F., 1927-

Table of Contents: “…The Thomas and Mattoon families -- Working in the slum areas of New York City -- Pacifism and socialism -- Civil liberties in time of war -- Running for elective office -- Running for President -- The Depression years -- The 1932 presidential election and the New Deal -- Arkansas sharecroppers -- The sharecropper problem and the Roosevelt administration -- The decline of the Socialist Party -- Between elections -- Opposing a United States President and a New Jersey mayor -- Fascism, communism and pacifism -- Opposing United States' entry into World War II -- The internment of Japanese-Americans and other wartime civil rights violations -- Taking stock -- The final run for the presidency -- Opposing nuclear testing, supporting disarmament -- Reevaluating socialism -- Confronting racism, the Vietnam War, and injustice -- The great dissenter -- Declining health -- Summing up.…”
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Norman Thomas the great dissenter / by Gregory, Raymond F., 1927-

Table of Contents: “…The Thomas and Mattoon families -- Working in the slum areas of New York City -- Pacifism and socialism -- Civil liberties in time of war -- Running for elective office -- Running for President -- The Depression years -- The 1932 presidential election and the New Deal -- Arkansas sharecroppers -- The sharecropper problem and the Roosevelt administration -- The decline of the Socialist Party -- Between elections -- Opposing a United States President and a New Jersey mayor -- Fascism, communism and pacifism -- Opposing United States' entry into World War II -- The internment of Japanese-Americans and other wartime civil rights violations -- Taking stock -- The final run for the presidency -- Opposing nuclear testing, supporting disarmament -- Reevaluating socialism -- Confronting racism, the Vietnam War, and injustice -- The great dissenter -- Declining health -- Summing up.…”
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The road to renewal Victor Joseph Reed & Oklahoma Catholicism, 1905-1971 / by Bonner, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: from Catholic American to American Catholic -- Before the Council, 1905-1957 -- The Roman way : early life, 1905-1934 -- A youthful apostolate : the heyday of Catholic action, 1935-1957 -- The institutional church, 1958-1971 -- On being a bishop : renewing diocesan structures -- Educated Catholics : the school question revisited -- Looking outward : parish life and the postconciliar church -- The prophetic church, 1958-1971 -- Worship and the intellect : the challenge of liturgical renewal -- We are our brothers' keepers : the ecumenical impulse -- A colorblind church : the search for racial equality -- Beyond Oklahoma : the Guatemala mission and the Vietnam War -- The human church, 1958-1971 -- From pastor to professional : the Catholic priesthood in the 1960s -- The cost of discipleship : Catholic sisters and modernity -- Out of the ghetto : the conscience of the Catholic layman -- An enduring sense of separation : Catholic identity in crisis.…”
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The politically incorrect guide to the sixties by Leaf, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…-- The unwarranted court : Earl Warren and his battle against the Constitution -- Camelot as it really was -- Johnson's war on poverty--and common sense -- The Vietnam war : snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- The birth of the counter counterculture.…”
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The politically incorrect guide to the sixties by Leaf, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…-- The unwarranted court : Earl Warren and his battle against the Constitution -- Camelot as it really was -- Johnson's war on poverty--and common sense -- The Vietnam war : snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- The birth of the counter counterculture.…”
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The road to renewal Victor Joseph Reed & Oklahoma Catholicism, 1905-1971 / by Bonner, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: from Catholic American to American Catholic -- Before the Council, 1905-1957 -- The Roman way : early life, 1905-1934 -- A youthful apostolate : the heyday of Catholic action, 1935-1957 -- The institutional church, 1958-1971 -- On being a bishop : renewing diocesan structures -- Educated Catholics : the school question revisited -- Looking outward : parish life and the postconciliar church -- The prophetic church, 1958-1971 -- Worship and the intellect : the challenge of liturgical renewal -- We are our brothers' keepers : the ecumenical impulse -- A colorblind church : the search for racial equality -- Beyond Oklahoma : the Guatemala mission and the Vietnam War -- The human church, 1958-1971 -- From pastor to professional : the Catholic priesthood in the 1960s -- The cost of discipleship : Catholic sisters and modernity -- Out of the ghetto : the conscience of the Catholic layman -- An enduring sense of separation : Catholic identity in crisis.…”
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Desertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006 by Fantina, Robert

Table of Contents: “…World War II -- Inability to adjust to military life -- Disagreement with or apathy towards the war -- Incompetent leadership -- Horror of war -- Family considerations -- 8.The Korean War -- Disagreement with the purpose of the war -- Poor leadership -- Horror at war's atrocities -- Family and home concerns -- 9. The Vietnam War -- Disagreement with the cause of the war -- The horrors or war -- Resistance to military life -- Family and personal needs -- 10. …”
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Desertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006 by Fantina, Robert

Table of Contents: “…World War II -- Inability to adjust to military life -- Disagreement with or apathy towards the war -- Incompetent leadership -- Horror of war -- Family considerations -- 8.The Korean War -- Disagreement with the purpose of the war -- Poor leadership -- Horror at war's atrocities -- Family and home concerns -- 9. The Vietnam War -- Disagreement with the cause of the war -- The horrors or war -- Resistance to military life -- Family and personal needs -- 10. …”
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Activist New York : A History of People, Protest, and Politics by Jaffe, Steven H.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Twelve A Cold War: Activism and Anti-Communism in New York -- Blacklisting the Weavers -- Refusing to Hide: Anti-Civil Defense Protests -- The Sixties in New York: 1960-1973 -- Chapter Thirteen "Gay is Good": The Rise of Gay Power -- Resisting the Vietnam War -- Women's Liberation in New York -- Chapter Fourteen "Basta Ya!"…”
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Activist New York : A History of People, Protest, and Politics by Jaffe, Steven H.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Twelve A Cold War: Activism and Anti-Communism in New York -- Blacklisting the Weavers -- Refusing to Hide: Anti-Civil Defense Protests -- The Sixties in New York: 1960-1973 -- Chapter Thirteen "Gay is Good": The Rise of Gay Power -- Resisting the Vietnam War -- Women's Liberation in New York -- Chapter Fourteen "Basta Ya!"…”
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Photography in the Middle: Dispatches on Media Ecologies and Aesthetics / by Coley, Rob, Lockwood, Dean

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Photography in the Middle: Dispatches on Media Ecologies and Aesthetics / by Coley, Rob, Lockwood, Dean

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Empire and Environment : Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific /

Table of Contents: “…Militarized Environments -- "Nuclear Family" (poem) / Craig Santos Perez -- Environmental violence and the Vietnam War in lê thi diem thúy's The Gangster We Are All Looking For / Emily Cheng -- Toxic waters: Vietnamese ecologies in the afterlives of empire / Heidi Amin-Hong -- Haunted by empires: Micronesian ecopoetry against colonial ruination / Zhou Xiaojing -- Part III. …”
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Empire and Environment : Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific /

Table of Contents: “…Militarized Environments -- "Nuclear Family" (poem) / Craig Santos Perez -- Environmental violence and the Vietnam War in lê thi diem thúy's The Gangster We Are All Looking For / Emily Cheng -- Toxic waters: Vietnamese ecologies in the afterlives of empire / Heidi Amin-Hong -- Haunted by empires: Micronesian ecopoetry against colonial ruination / Zhou Xiaojing -- Part III. …”
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