The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part IV : July 1965-January 1968 / Part IV, July 1965-January 1968 : July 1965-January 1968 : Part IV,

This fourth volume of a five-part policy history of the U.S. government and the Vietnam War covers the core period of U.S. involvement, from July 1965, when the decision was made to send large-scale U.S. forces, to the beginning of 1968, just before the Tet offensive and the decision to seek a negot...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gibbons, William Conrad (Autor)
Autores Corporativos: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (Autor), United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations (sponsoring body.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Indochinese War, 1946-1954 > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • The idiom of power
  • Formulating U.S. strategy and plans
  • Trying to find a key
  • The bombing pause decision
  • No end in sight
  • Congressional discontent
  • Whirlwind: the Buddhist protest, spring 1966
  • Suppressing the Buddhist protest
  • The U.S. escalates military and political action
  • New emphasis on a settlement
  • Stalemate
  • Searching
  • 1967: a year of reckoning
  • The president decides to use greater force
  • Westmoreland requests more troops
  • Congress in a quandary
  • The deepening dilemma
  • South Vietnamese elections and a new diplomatic initiative
  • The crumbling consensus
  • Crucible
  • Conclusion : the end of strategy.

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