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02162cam a2200433 a 4500 001 E30BEE542B0911DE8AF32708A8D7520A 005 200904162340.0 008 041025s2004 cau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2004024697 020 $a 9780520239487 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 0520239482 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)56876590 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d IWG $d SILO 050 00 $a E183.8.V5 $b P67 2004 082 00 $a 959.704/32 $2 22 100 1 $a Porter, Gareth, $d 1942- 245 1 $a Perils of dominance : $b imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam / $c Gareth Porter. 260 $a Berkeley : $b University of California Press, $c c2004. 300 $a 403 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-381) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 600 10 $a Kennedy, John F. $q (John Fitzgerald), $d 1917-1963 600 10 $a Johnson, Lyndon B. $q (Lyndon Baines), $d 1908-1973. 650 0 $a Balance of power $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a National security $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 $x Diplomatic history. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Vietnam. 651 0 $a Vietnam $x Foreign relations $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Decision making $y 1961-1963 $x Decision making 651 0 $a United States $x Decision making. $y 1963-1969 $x Decision making. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1953-1961. 939 $a 5416623 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180105053332.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823040950.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E30BEE542B0911DE8AF32708A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IWG 952 $l OSAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search