Mansfield and Vietnam
Subtitle: a study in rhetorical adaptation
By: Gregory Allen Olson.
Series: Michigan State University Press rhetoric and public affairs series; Rhetoric and public affairs series.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Mansfield, Mike, 1903-; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- United States.; English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam.; Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-337) and index.