So Much to Lose : John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos /

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Rust discusses the formulation and execution of US foreign policy in Laos during the presidency of John F. Kennedy. Using documents from the US National Archives, the Kennedy Library, the Library of Congress, and other public and private collections of primary sources, he examines the diplomacy, int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rust, William J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963.
United States - General.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
Diplomatic relations.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
United States > General.
Regions & Countries > Americas.
United States > Foreign relations > Laos.
United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963.
Laos > Foreign relations > United States.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
United States.
Laos.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > Laos.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 1961-1963.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: we've got so much to lose if that thing goes sour
  • We cannot enforce what we would like
  • A wide measure of discretion
  • Less precise language than we desire
  • A disagreeable, hard, and dangerous fact
  • A severe loss of face
  • A very hazardous course
  • A colossal booby trap
  • We do not have the power of decision
  • Tenuous at best
  • A piece of war
  • We're going to have to take some action
  • Epilogue: an awful mess.

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