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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.
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.
In Four Decades On, historians, anthropologists, and literary
critics examine the legacies of the Second Indochina War, or what
most Americans call the Vietnam War, nearly forty years after the
United States finally left Vietnam. They address matters such as
the daunting tasks facing the Vietnamese at the war's end-including
rebuilding a nation and consolidating a socialist revolution while
fending off China and the Khmer Rouge-and "the Vietnam syndrome,"
the cynical, frustrated, and pessimistic sense that colored
America's views of the rest of the world after its humiliating
defeat in Vietnam. The contributors provide unexpected perspectives
on Agent Orange, the POW/MIA controversies, the commercial trade
relationship between the United States and Vietnam, and
representations of the war and its aftermath produced by artists,
particularly writers. They show how the war has continued to affect
not only international relations but also the everyday lives of
millions of people around the world. Most of the contributors take
up matters in the United States, Vietnam, or both nations, while
several utilize transnational analytic frameworks, recognizing that
the war's legacies shape and are shaped by dynamics that transcend
the two countries. Contributors. Alex Bloom, Diane Niblack Fox, H.
Bruce Franklin, Walter Hixson, Heonik Kwon, Scott Laderman, Mariam
B. Lam, Ngo Vinh Long, Edwin A. Martini, Viet Thanh Nguyen,
Christina Schwenkel, Charles Waugh
This is a necessary and urgent read for anyone concerned about the
United States' endless wars. Investigating multiple genres of
popular culture alongside contemporary U.S. foreign policy and
political economy, Imperial Benevolence shows that American popular
culture continuously suppresses awareness of U.S. imperialism while
assuming American exceptionalism and innocence. This is despite the
fact that it is rarely a product of the state. Expertly coordinated
essays by prominent historians and media scholars address the ways
that movies and television series such as Zero Dark Thirty, The
Avengers, and even The Walking Dead, as well as video games such as
Call of Duty: Black Ops, have largely presented the United States
as a global force for good. Popular culture, with few exceptions,
has depicted the U.S. as a reluctant hegemon fiercely defending
human rights and protecting or expanding democracy from the
barbarians determined to destroy it.
This is a necessary and urgent read for anyone concerned about the
United States' endless wars. Investigating multiple genres of
popular culture alongside contemporary U.S. foreign policy and
political economy, Imperial Benevolence shows that American popular
culture continuously suppresses awareness of U.S. imperialism while
assuming American exceptionalism and innocence. This is despite the
fact that it is rarely a product of the state. Expertly coordinated
essays by prominent historians and media scholars address the ways
that movies and television series such as Zero Dark Thirty, The
Avengers, and even The Walking Dead, as well as video games such as
Call of Duty: Black Ops, have largely presented the United States
as a global force for good. Popular culture, with few exceptions,
has depicted the U.S. as a reluctant hegemon fiercely defending
human rights and protecting or expanding democracy from the
barbarians determined to destroy it.
Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches,
bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of
surfing really as simple as popular culture suggests? In this first
international political history of the sport, Scott Laderman shows
that while wave riding is indeed capable of stimulating tremendous
pleasure, its globalization went hand in hand with the blood and
repression of the long twentieth century.
Emerging as an imperial instrument in post-annexation Hawaii,
spawning a form of tourism that conquered the littoral Third World,
tracing the struggle against South African apartheid, and employed
as a diplomatic weapon in America's Cold War arsenal, the saga of
modern surfing is only partially captured by Gidget, the Beach
Boys, and the film "Blue Crush." From nineteenth-century American
empire-building in the Pacific to the low-wage labor of the surf
industry today, Laderman argues that surfing in fact closely
mirrored American foreign relations. Yet despite its
less-than-golden past, the sport continues to captivate people
worldwide.
Whether in El Salvador or Indonesia or points between, the modern
history of this cherished pastime is hardly an uncomplicated story
of beachside bliss. Sometimes messy, occasionally contentious, but
never dull, surfing offers us a whole new way of viewing our
globalized world.
Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches,
bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of
surfing really as simple as popular culture suggests? In this first
international political history of the sport, Scott Laderman shows
that while wave riding is indeed capable of stimulating tremendous
pleasure, its globalization went hand in hand with the blood and
repression of the long twentieth century.
Emerging as an imperial instrument in post-annexation Hawaii,
spawning a form of tourism that conquered the littoral Third World,
tracing the struggle against South African apartheid, and employed
as a diplomatic weapon in America's Cold War arsenal, the saga of
modern surfing is only partially captured by Gidget, the Beach
Boys, and the film "Blue Crush." From nineteenth-century American
empire-building in the Pacific to the low-wage labor of the surf
industry today, Laderman argues that surfing in fact closely
mirrored American foreign relations. Yet despite its
less-than-golden past, the sport continues to captivate people
worldwide.
Whether in El Salvador or Indonesia or points between, the modern
history of this cherished pastime is hardly an uncomplicated story
of beachside bliss. Sometimes messy, occasionally contentious, but
never dull, surfing offers us a whole new way of viewing our
globalized world.
In Four Decades On, historians, anthropologists, and literary
critics examine the legacies of the Second Indochina War, or what
most Americans call the Vietnam War, nearly forty years after the
United States finally left Vietnam. They address matters such as
the daunting tasks facing the Vietnamese at the war's end-including
rebuilding a nation and consolidating a socialist revolution while
fending off China and the Khmer Rouge-and "the Vietnam syndrome,"
the cynical, frustrated, and pessimistic sense that colored
America's views of the rest of the world after its humiliating
defeat in Vietnam. The contributors provide unexpected perspectives
on Agent Orange, the POW/MIA controversies, the commercial trade
relationship between the United States and Vietnam, and
representations of the war and its aftermath produced by artists,
particularly writers. They show how the war has continued to affect
not only international relations but also the everyday lives of
millions of people around the world. Most of the contributors take
up matters in the United States, Vietnam, or both nations, while
several utilize transnational analytic frameworks, recognizing that
the war's legacies shape and are shaped by dynamics that transcend
the two countries. Contributors. Alex Bloom, Diane Niblack Fox, H.
Bruce Franklin, Walter Hixson, Heonik Kwon, Scott Laderman, Mariam
B. Lam, Ngo Vinh Long, Edwin A. Martini, Viet Thanh Nguyen,
Christina Schwenkel, Charles Waugh
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