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Author:

Porter, Gareth, 1942-

Title:

Perils of dominance : imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam / Gareth Porter.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

403 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Diplomatic history.
United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.
Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Decision making--1961-1963--Decision making
United States--Decision making.--1963-1969--Decision making.
United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-381) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780520239487 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520239482 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56876590

LCCN:

2004024697

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)