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A large-scale movement against the Vietnam War developed in the United States. The movement was less a unified army than a rich mix of political notions and visions. The tactics used by anti-war activists were diverse. Though youth predominated, the peace movement came to include a wide cross-section of American society.
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On GI dissent, see David Cortright, Soldiers in Revolt: The American Military Today ( Garden City, NY 1975 ).
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Among the many books worth consulting on the Watergate scandal itself are Fred Emery, Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon (New York, 1994); J. Anthony Lukas, Nightmare: The Underside of the Nixon Years (New York, 1976); Stanley I. Kutler, The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon (New York, 1990).
Stanley I. Kutler, The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon (New York, 1990).
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Wells, T. (1998). The Anti Vietnam War Movement in the United States. In: Lowe, P. (eds) The Vietnam War. Problems in Focus: Manchester. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26949-5_6
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