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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.Description: 403 p. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 959.704/32 22
LOC classification:
  • E183.8.V5 P67 2004eb
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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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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, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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