02239nam a2200421 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003600112040002100148035002100169043002100190050002600211082001900237100002700256245011800283260005600401300001100457504006400468505040900532533015200941600005301093600005301146650004501199650006101244650004801305651004701353651004701400651006601447651006601513651004901579655002901628710001701657856012601674999001701800ebr10084600CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||041025s2004    cau     sb    001 0 eng    z  2004024697  z0520239482 (cloth : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)614758624  an-us---aa-vt---14aE183.8.V5bP67 2004eb04a959.704/322221 aPorter, Gareth,d1942-10aPerils of dominanceh[electronic resource] :bimbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam /cGareth Porter.  aBerkeley :bUniversity of California Press,cc2004.  a403 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 361-381) and index.0 aThe 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.10aKennedy, John F.q(John Fitzgerald),d1917-1963.10aJohnson, Lyndon B.q(Lyndon Baines),d1908-1973. 0aBalance of powerxHistoryy20th century. 0aNational securityzUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aVietnam War, 1961-1975xDiplomatic history. 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationszVietnam. 0aVietnamxForeign relationszUnited States. 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationsy1961-1963xDecision making. 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationsy1963-1969xDecision making. 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationsy1953-1961. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10084600zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c49581d49581