TY  - BOOK
AU  - Porter,Gareth
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Perils of dominance: imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam 
AV  - E183.8.V5 P67 2004
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
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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
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ER  -