TY  - BOOK
AU  - Porter,Gareth
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Perils of dominance: imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam 
AV  - E183.8.V5 P67 2004eb
U1  - 959.704/32 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Kennedy, John F.
KW  - Johnson, Lyndon B.
KW  - Balance of power
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - National security
KW  - United States
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - Diplomatic history
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - 1961-1963
KW  - Decision making
KW  - 1963-1969
KW  - 1953-1961
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10084600
ER  -