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Perils of dominance

by Porter, Gareth,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : University of California Press, (Berkeley :) Physical details: 403 p.
Subject(s): 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. | Electronic books.
Year: 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-381) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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