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This is the Viet Nam book for people who do not want to read about Viet Nam-the lip-service hawks and doves who don't know Quang Tri from An Giang and don't care how the war ends as long as it is soon. Fire in...
by FRANCES FITZGERALD 491 pages. Atlantic-Little, Brown.
In the days of Cathy Leroy and Michele Ray, girl reporters in Viet Nam seemed to be trying to out-tough Hemingway. Frances FitzGerald's voice is low and her style quiet, though she is known as Frankie. There is even a trace of the debutante she once was...
McGovern was also swayed by strong supporters among Democratic leaders, like Frances ("Sissy") Farenthold of Texas and Matthew Troy Jr. of New York, who said loudly that they could not vote for the ticket if Eagleton stayed on it. Few took the issue as lightly as Julian Bond of Georgia...
The National Women's Political Caucus had worked hard to get women elected as delegates under the liberalized McGovern-Fraser Commission rules. At the convention, they turned up everywhere in positions of power -on the Credentials Committee, the Rules Committee, the Platform Committee. They came in all sizes, ages...