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

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.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963.
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973.
Balance of power > History > 20th century.
National security > United States > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Diplomatic history.
United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam.
Vietnam > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963 > Decision making.
United States > Foreign relations > 1963-1969 > Decision making.
United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961.
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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.

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