The Price of Loyalty

Hubert Humphrey’s Vietnam Conflict

Andrew L. Johns

This book explores how and why Vietnam loomed so large for Humphrey as vice president from 1964 through the 1968 election campaign against Richard Nixon. It assesses how Humphrey’s loyalty to Lyndon Johnson, who emerges as the villain of the story in many ways, would negatively affect his political ambitions. And it engages the disconnect between Humphrey’s principles and the intricate politics of his convoluted relationship with the president and his unsuccessful presidential campaign. It is a complex and frustrating narrative, the results of which would be tragic, not only for Humphrey’s presidential aspirations, but also for the war in Southeast Asia and the future of the United States.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 192 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-0-7425-4452-9 • Hardback • July 2020 • $45.00 • (£29.95)

978-0-7425-4453-6 • eBook • July 2020 • $42.00 • (£27.95) (coming soon)

Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years

Subjects: History / United States / 20th Century, History / Military / Vietnam War, History / Modern / 20th Century

The Price of Loyalty

Hubert Humphrey’s Vietnam Conflict

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Summary

This book explores how and why Vietnam loomed so large for Humphrey as vice president from 1964 through the 1968 election campaign against Richard Nixon. It assesses how Humphrey’s loyalty to Lyndon Johnson, who emerges as the villain of the story in many ways, would negatively affect his political ambitions. And it engages the disconnect between Humphrey’s principles and the intricate politics of his convoluted relationship with the president and his unsuccessful presidential campaign. It is a complex and frustrating narrative, the results of which would be tragic, not only for Humphrey’s presidential aspirations, but also for the war in Southeast Asia and the future of the United States.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 192 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-0-7425-4452-9 • Hardback • July 2020 • $45.00 • (£29.95)

978-0-7425-4453-6 • eBook • July 2020 • $42.00 • (£27.95) (coming soon)

Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years

Subjects: History / United States / 20th Century, History / Military / Vietnam War, History / Modern / 20th Century

Author

Andrew L. Johns is associate professor of history at Brigham Young University and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction:“The Graveyard of Presidential Ambitions”

Chapter 1:The Happy (Cold) Warrior

Chapter 2:No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Chapter 3:The Recruiting Sergeant

Chapter 4:“When the Gods Wish to Punish Us...”

Chapter 5:“An Acceptable Risk for Peace”

Conclusion:Humphrey’s Faustian Bargain

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

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The Price of Loyalty

Hubert Humphrey’s Vietnam Conflict

Andrew L. Johns

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