370 Pages
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Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study of ten fateful decisions made on Indochina between 1961-75 highlights the ascent of the civilian militarists and of strategy over diplomacy in United States policymaking and reveals the inexorably interlinked and escalating character of the decisions and the central purpose of American presidents: not to have to face the expected domestic political consequences of defeat in Indochina.... Read more
Foreword -- The United States in Postwar East and Southeast Asia, 1945–54 -- The Effects of Containment on U.S. Policies, 1945–59 -- The Pitfalls of Global Approaches, 1959–62 -- Ten Fateful Decisions on Vietnam, 1961–75 -- Winning Without Winning, 1961–72 -- Losing Without Losing, 1961–72 -- Disengagement from Indochina, 1968–73 -- Vietnam as Lesson of History, 1973-.
Biography
Beals, Alan R. | Kattenburg, Paul M.
