Perils of dominance imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam

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

Author/creator	Porter, Gareth, 1942-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press,
Description	403 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject(s)	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. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Diplomatic history. United States--Foreign relations --Vietnam. Vietnam--Foreign relations --United States. United States--Foreign relations --1961-1963 --Decision making. United States--Foreign relations --1963-1969 --Decision making. United States--Foreign relations --1953-1961.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-381) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2004024697
ISBN	0520239482 (cloth : alk. paper)

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