Asian Alternatives takes readers into the corridors of power in Canberra and inside Australia's secret diplomatic dealings to analyse the forces that shaped Australia's policies of the 1960s.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - australia, australia - foreign relations - united states

A quarter century after its end, the Vietnam War still divides Americans. Some, mostly of the left, claim that Indochina was of no strategic value to the United States and was not worth An American war.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states, united states - foreign relations - 1963-1969, president j f kennedy, president nixon, president lyndon johnson

Coercive diplomacy is a beguiling, strategy, a subtle mixture of military pressures and diplomatic concessions. It is often erroneously thought to be a low risk strategy which military strong powers can employ to impose their will upon weaker opponents. Actually, however, this strategy can succeed only under special conditions, such as were present in 1962 when President Kennedy induced Khrushchev to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba. When special conditions of urgency, motivation and timing are not present, as in 1965 when President Johnson initiated bombing of North Vietnam, an effort to employ coercive diplomacy may easily lead to ruinous involvement.intervention (international law), diplomacy, united states - foreign relations - 1945-1989, laos, cuba, vietnam

Arthur Schlesinger has interrupted his long-term work in order to write a brilliant short analysis of the situation in Vietnam.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states, united states - foreign relations - vietnam

This book substantially enlarges on existing accounts by an exemplary combination of sharply focused chapters set in a larger unfolding theme. It commands the high ground amongst its kind.australia - foreign relations - great britain, great britain - foreign relations - australia

A proponent of the war, Professor Liska here offers an original conceptual perspective for assessing our involvement, based on an imperial obligation for the United States to uphold world order, as distinct from the quest for colonies. His central thesis is simple: like it or not, the power and wealth of the United States force her to have world-wide interest and responsibilities.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- united states, united states -- foreign relations -- 20th century

This study examines three episodes between 1962 and 1968 when US policymakers faced critical points in the evolution of US involvement in Vietnam.united states. central intelligence agency, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- secret service -- united states, united states -- foreign relations -- vietnam, cia

Chomsky and Herman have done a fine service for those seeking the truth about American imperialism. To progressive people in Australia, these volumes conform our worst fears of American foreign policy. These scholarly works contain serious implications for all Australians who are concerned with the direction of our own foreign policy.press - united states, indochina - history -1945, united states - foreign relations

When our involvement in Vietnam is over, tremendous resources and energies will be released that must be channeled into more meaningful and practical international activities.united states - foreign relations - 1945-1989, american foreign polict, after vietnam

A highly readable, research-based account of the Vietnam War wthat spells out the actual purpose of US Intervention in Vietnam.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- diplomatic history, united states - foreign relations - vietnam, president nixon, president, president j f kennedy, saigon

Finally, amid all the accounts of the Vietnam experience, here is the first comprehensive book by a leading Vietnamese participant.ambassadors - vietnam (republic) - biography, united states - foreign relations - vietnam (republic, bui diem

Is America largely to blame for the Cold War? That is the question posed by this dispassionate and closely documented analysis of American foreign policy since the death of Roosevelt.united states - foreign relations, vietnam

How close were we to full-scale war in Vietnam when Lyndon Johnson succeeded to the presidency in 1963? What course might Kennedy have followed had he not been assassinated?vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states, united states - foreign relations - vietnam, president j f kennedy, president lyndon johnson, bay of pigs

The path of America's slow, gradual, and then steadily mounting involvement in Vietnam has never been fully explored.A report to the center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- united states, united states -- foreign relations -- vietnam

In recent years intense study of the Vietnam War, mainly in the United States, has tended to concentrate on the nature and causes of the American defeat.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - origins, united states - foreign relations - vietnam, ho chi minh

In recent years intense study of the Vietnam War, mainly in the United States, has tended to concentrate on the nature and causes of the American defeat.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - origins, united states - foreign relations - vietnam, ho chi minh

On 30 April 1975, as American diplomats and Mrines were being hastily lifted off the roof of the American embassy in Saigon into helicopters under heavy enemy fire, an era in American foreign policy was ignominiously coming to an end.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states, united states - foreign relations - 1945 -, saigon, us marines, american diplomats

The Pentagon history was obtained by Neil Sheehan.This is the definitive edition of the Pentagon Papers as published by the New York Times.vietnam war (1961-1975), united states - foreign relations - vietnam, vietnam - politics and government - 1945-1975