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Introduction : Ares, Virginia, and the myth of the water's edge -- Trapped between Scylla and Charybdis : JFK, the GOP, and domestic politics -- The Cassandra conundrum : GOP opposition to LBJ's Vietnam policy, 1963-1965 -- Opening Pandora's box : escalation and domestic politics, 1965-1966 -- Confronting the hydra : LBJ on the defensive, 1966-1967 -- Sisyphus and Tantalus : the political impact of the war, 1967-1968 -- The Zalmoxis effect : Vietnam and the 1968 presidential election -- The Icarus agenda : Vietnamization and its political implications -- Whither Ariadne? Domestic politics and Nixon's search for peace -- Conclusion: sowing dragon's teeth -- Appendix: Republicans, 1961-1973. |
