Dear Senator Smith: Small-Town Maine Writes to Senator Margaret Chase Smith about the Vietnam WarEric R. Crouse Dear Senator Smith presents compelling war views of ordinary people living in small centers. The only female senator of those years, Smith appeared to encourage a high level of honest, heart-felt commentary from Americans; letters sent to her concerning America's involvement in the Vietnam War reveal the contested terrain of foreign policy ideas in a turbulent era of rebellion and reaction. |
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