Radicals on the Road: Third World Internationalism and American Orientalism during the Viet Nam Era

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2008

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The Vietnam War was the longest conflict in American history, defining the political consciousness of a generation. In this book project, Judy Wu explores the lives of Americans who criticized their government's intervention in Southeast Asia

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Research project funded in academic years 2007-08 and 2008-09
Consists of three case studies: African American economist Robert Span Browne's travels and politics; Eldridge Cleaver's 1970 U.S. People's Anti-Imperialist Delegation to North Korea, North Viet Nam, and the People's Republic of China; and the 1971 Indochinese Women's Conferences held in Canada.
The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.

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Viet Nam anti-war protesters, radical Orientalism, citizen diplomacy, Robert Span Browne, Eldridge Cleaver

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