02239nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10084600 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 041025s2004 cau sb 001 0 eng 2004024697 0520239482 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614758624 n-us--- a-vt--- E183.8.V5 P67 2004eb 959.704/32 22 Porter, Gareth, 1942- Perils of dominance [electronic resource] : imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam / Gareth Porter. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. 403 p. 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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. Balance of power History 20th century. National security United States History 20th century. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Diplomatic history. United States Foreign relations Vietnam. Vietnam Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations 1961-1963 Decision making. United States Foreign relations 1963-1969 Decision making. United States Foreign relations 1953-1961. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10084600 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 49581 49581