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(Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2015). 456 pp. $40.00 (cloth).To paraphrase C. Vann Woodward, in a time when transnationalism sweeps everything else before it, as it does at present, the regional historian is likely to be oppressed by a sense of their unimportance. And yet, Joseph A. Fry offers a convincing regional explanation for the Vietnam War’s escalation and duration. In doing so, he adds needed insights into a larger national and international story as well as contemporary American politics. As Fry argues, history starts at home; local forces mold individuals. Local and state politics, the politics of place, can reinforce these views. Widening the lens, regional historians perceive groups of shared political and economic interests, ideology, and culture, along with antagonisms toward other regions. Fry maintains that regionalism enables a better understanding of the “internal determinants” of u.s. foreign relations, and in this case, the Vietnam War (p. 7).To be sure, Fry has chosen in the American South—the eleven states of the Confederacy plus Kentucky—the ideal region. The book’s first chapter offers a valuable primer on this region from 1789 to 1973 developing his arguments that Southerners long have seen themselves as unique and accordingly have developed
Journal of American-East Asian Relations – Brill
Published: Mar 15, 2018
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