Book contents
- Less Than Victory
- Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
- Less Than Victory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: “Evidence of Loyalty”
- 1 “I Am a Roman Catholic”: 1950–1959
- 2 “We Have a Catholic President, Too”: 1960–1963
- 3 “The Right Moral Position”: January 1964–June 1965
- 4 “It Must Be Nice to Be That Sure”: July 1965–December 1966
- 5 “We Can and Must Debate”: January 1967–April 1968
- 6 “Wearing a Little Thin”: May 1968–March 1970
- 7 “Outweighed by the Destruction”: April 1970–December 1971
- 8 “It Was Not That Kind of War”: January 1972–February 1973
- Epilogue: “We Speak as Moral Teachers”
- Index
Introduction: “Evidence of Loyalty”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 October 2025
Book contents
- Less Than Victory
- Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
- Less Than Victory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: “Evidence of Loyalty”
- 1 “I Am a Roman Catholic”: 1950–1959
- 2 “We Have a Catholic President, Too”: 1960–1963
- 3 “The Right Moral Position”: January 1964–June 1965
- 4 “It Must Be Nice to Be That Sure”: July 1965–December 1966
- 5 “We Can and Must Debate”: January 1967–April 1968
- 6 “Wearing a Little Thin”: May 1968–March 1970
- 7 “Outweighed by the Destruction”: April 1970–December 1971
- 8 “It Was Not That Kind of War”: January 1972–February 1973
- Epilogue: “We Speak as Moral Teachers”
- Index
Summary
To say that the 1960s were a time of upheaval for Americans is, by now, a cliché. Yet for American Catholics in particular, the disruption was twofold. In addition to all of the profound social and political changes that one associates with “the Sixties,” Catholics found themselves faced with a Church that was undergoing a transformation. The Second Vatican Council, which one church historian has described as the “most significant religious event” in five centuries, begat striking alterations in the ancient Church. It was, according to another, “the defining event of the Catholic Sixties.” In the same year that the Council concluded – 1965 – President Lyndon Johnson decided to commit 200,000 troops to fight the war in Vietnam.
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