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"Silent Majority" Speech

Richard Nixon, the Vietnam War, and the Origins of the New Right

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

AvScott Laderman

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The "Silent Majority" Speech treats Richard Nixon’s address of November 3, 1969, as a lens through which to examine the latter years of the Vietnam War and their significance to U.S. global power and American domestic life. The book uses Nixon’s speech – which introduced the policy of "Vietnamization" and cited the so-called bloodbath theory as a justification for continued U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia – as a fascinating moment around which to build an analysis of the last years of the war. For Nixon’s strategy to be successful, he requested the support of what he called the "great silent majority," a term that continues to resonate in American political culture. Scott Laderman moves beyond the war’s final years to address the administration’s hypocritical exploitation of moral rhetoric and its stoking of social divisiveness to achieve policy aims. Laderman explores the antiwar and pro-war movements, the shattering of the liberal consensus, and the stirrings of the right-wing resurgence that would come to define American politics. Supplemental primary sources make this book an ideal tool for introducing students to historical research. The "Silent Majority" Speech is critical reading for those studying American political history and U.S.–Asian/Southeast Asian relations.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-08-19
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt400 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Moments in American History
Antal sidor182
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415347495

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Series IntroductionList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsA Brief Note on LanguageTimelinePart One: Introduction. Toward "Peace"1. Richard Nixon, the Cold War, and Southeast Asia2. Vietnamization and the Illusion of Peace3. Nixon and the Bloodbath Theory4. The "Great Silent Majority" and Right-Wing RevanchismEpilogue. Conjuring Nixon in the Twenty-First CenturyPart Two: Documents 1. Richard Nixon, "Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam," November 3, 19692. Mrs. Dennis W. Harrison to Richard Nixon, November 4, 19693. Commentary by George Salem, KWGN Television, November 5, 19694. Editors, "President on Solid Ground in Search for Vietnam Peace," OrlandoSentinel, November 5, 19695. Robert T. Park, et al., to Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 19696. Excerpt from Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., "The Collapse of the ArmedForces," Armed Forces Journal (June 7, 1971)7. Excerpt from George McT. Kahin, "History and the Bloodbath Theory in Vietnam," NewYork Times, December 6, 19698. Richard Nixon, "Address to the Nation on the Situation in SoutheastAsia," April 30, 1970Index

"In his concise analysis of President Richard Nixon’s 'Silent Majority' speech, Scott Laderman elucidates how Nixon used his policy of 'positive polarization' to pursue his effort toward victory in Vietnam, and demonstrates how President Nixon’s speech helped bring forth the rise of the political right. An excellent examination of the beginnings of the political discourse that have shaped post-Vietnam War America."David F. Schmitz, Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History, Whitman College, USA