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Perils of dominance imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam / by Porter, Gareth, 1942-

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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