Perils of dominance imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam /

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Main Author: Porter, Gareth, 1942-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • The imbalance of power, 1953-1965
  • The Soviets and Chinese appease the United States
  • Eisenhower and Dulles exploit U.S. dominance in Vietnam
  • North Vietnamese policy under the American threat
  • Kennedy's struggle with the national security bureaucracy
  • Johnson, McNamara and the Tonkin Gulf crisis
  • Bureaucratic pressures and the decisions for war
  • Dominoes, bandwagons and the road to war.