| Description |
1 online resource (436 pages) |
| Series |
Brookings Classic, A |
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Brookings Classic, A
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface to the Classic Edition; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One: Decisions: Getting into Vietnam; Patterns, Dilemmas, and Explanations; Recurrent Patterns and Dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower; Picking Up the Torch: The Kennedy Administration; Intervention in Force: The Johnson Administration, I; Coming Home to Roost: The Johnson Administration, II; Part Two: Goals: The Imperative Not to Lose; National Security Goals and Stakes; Domestic Political Stakes; The Bureaucracy and the Inner Circle |
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Part 3: Means: The Minimum Necessary and the Maximum FeasibleConstraints; Pressures and the President; Part Four: Perceptions: Realism, Hope, and Compromise; Optimism, Pessimism, and Credibility; The Strategy of Perseverance; Part Five: Conclusions; The Lessons of Vietnam; Documentary Appendix; Bibliographical Note; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
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Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States
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| Subject |
United States
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Vietnam
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Betts, Richard K
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Zakaria, Fareed
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| ISBN |
9780815726791 |
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0815726791 |
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