Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (142 page)

Venezia Giulia,
122

Venezuela,
509
,
600

Veterans' Administration,
72
,
73
,
76
,
315

Vietcong.
See
National Liberation Front (NLF)

Vietnam: Buddhists in,
513
–14

CIA and,
498

creation of,
293

destabilization of,
769

Eisenhower and,
266
–99,
423
,
428
–29

Goldwater and,
558

Johnson and,
300
,
593
–636

Kennedy and,
490
,
509
–16

leadership of,
173
,
207
,
292
,
597

reunification of,
296

U.S. forces in,
510
,
511
,
513
,
595
,
629
–30.
See also
Indo-china

Vietnam War,
80
,
84
,
95
,
100
,
241
,
652
,
769
,
785
,
787
,
789

Accelerated Pacification Program,
684
–85

African-Americans serving in,
614
,
654
,
661

bombing,
595
,
596
,
599
,
604
–5,
610
,
634
,
684
,
702
,
750
,
765

casualties,
4
n,
595
,
596
,
599
,
600
n,
614
,
615
–16,
617
,
630
,
633
,
654
,
679
–80,
766

China and,
746

cultural misunderstanding,
618
–19

domestic consequences of,
598
–600,
637
,
769
–70

Hamburger Hill,
752

Johnson and,
525
,
593
–636

Khe Sanh,
678
–80

Marines in,
616

military leadership,
616
,
617
–18

My Lai,
681
,
756

as 1968 election issue,
701
,
702
,
703
,
708

as 1972 election issue,
761
,
763
–64,
768

and Nixon,
735
n,
743
,
749
–53,
758
,
763
–64,
765
–69

opposition to,
444
,
446
,
449
,
455
,
598
,
599
,
620
–29,
630
,
661
,
717
,
753
–56

peace negotiations,
763
–64,
765
–66,
774

racial antagonism,
617
,
752

"search and destroy" strategy,
605

"strategic hamlet" program,
512
–13

and television,
598
,
620
–21,
654
,
680

Tet Offensive,
678
–82

Tonkin Gulf crisis,
602
–3

an urban riots,
665

Vietnamization,
683
,
752
–53,
758
,
768

women in,
599
n

Vincent, John Carter,
241

Vinson, Fred,
95
,
228
,
388

The Vital Center
(Schlesinger, A.),
181

Vivian, C. T.,
431
,
580

Volkswagen,
71

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA),
539

Von Neumann, John,
175

Voorhis, Jerry,
182
,
434

Voting Rights Act of 1965,
448
,
584
–88,
613
,
719
,
730
,
764

Wagner Act,
51
,
52

Walker, Edwin,
519

Walker, Walton,
216
,
226

Wallace, Bess.
See
Truman, Bess

Wallace, George: background,
547
–48

denounced by liberals,
581

Governor of Alabama,
579
–80,
582
–83

and labor unions,
70

1964 presidential campaign,
548
,
550
,
705

1968 presidential campaign,
697
–700,
704
,
706
,
707
,
708
,
764
,
765

1972 presidential campaign,
730
,
759

and Nixon,
701
,
706
,
764
,
765

popular appeal,
201
,
557
,
587

and segregation,
481
,
513
n,
579
–83

and Vietnam War,
708

Wallace, Henry: background,
123

on Korean War,
214

as a liberal,
139

1948 presidential election,
155
,
156
,
157
,
158
,
161
,
162
,
163

and Progressive Citizens of America,
146

as Secretary of Commerce,
112
,
123
–24

and Truman,
125
,
126
,
128

and Truman Doctrine,
129

and USSR,
124

as Vice-President,
123

Wallace, Lurleen,
650

Warhol, Andy,
345

War on Poverty,
447
,
533
,
538
,
539
–40,
562
,
569
,
592
,
651
,
652
,
720

War Powers Act,
766
,
782

War Production Board,
8

War of the Worlds
(film),
239

Warren, Earl: as chief justice of Supreme Court,
388
–90,
392
,
416
–17,
640
,
715

and Kennedy assassination,
519

1948 compaign,
159
,
163
,
252

1952 presidential campaign,
251

Warren Commission Report,
519
,
520
,
521
–22

Washington, Booker T.,
393

Water Pollution Control Act,
727

Watergate,
95
,
268
,
759
,
761
–62,
767
,
769
,
771
–80,
781
,
782
,
789

Watson, James,
318

Watts,
448
–49,
558
–89,
664
,
707

Wayne, John,
346
,
408
,
455

Weatherman,
716
–17,
736
.
See also
SDS

Weaver, Robert,
653

The Weavers,
371
–72

Wechsler, James,
148
,
156

Welch, Joseph,
268
–69

Welch, Robert, Jr.,
408

Welfare,
570
,
573
–77,
590
,
641
,
666
,
672
–74,
676
,
715
,
782