Perils of dominance : imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam /
Gareth Porter presents a new interpretation of how and why the US went to war in Vietnam. He provides a challenge to the prevailing explanation that US officials adhered blindly to a Cold War doctrine that loss of Vietnam would cause a 'domino effect' leading to communist dominance of the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Gareth Porter presents a new interpretation of how and why the US went to war in Vietnam. He provides a challenge to the prevailing explanation that US officials adhered blindly to a Cold War doctrine that loss of Vietnam would cause a 'domino effect' leading to communist dominance of the area. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (403 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-381) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520940406 0520940407 1423717309 9781423717300 9780520239487 0520239482 1598755862 9781598755862 |