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"Perils of Dominance" is the first completely new interpretation of how and why the United States went to war in Vietnam. It provides an authoritative challenge to the prevailing explanation that U.S. officials adhered blindly to a Cold War doctrine that loss of Vietnam would cause a "domino effect" leading to communist domination of the area. Gareth Porter presents compelling evidence that U.S. policy decisions on Vietnam from 1954 to mid-1965 were shaped by an overwhelming imbalance of military power favoring the United States over the Soviet Union and China. He demonstrates how the slide into war in Vietnam is relevant to understanding why the United States went to war in Iraq, and why such wars are likely as long as U.S. military power is overwhelmingly dominant in the world. Challenging conventional wisdom about the origins of the war, Porter argues that the main impetus for military intervention in Vietnam came not from presidents Kennedy and Johnson but from high-ranking national security officials in their administrations who were heavily influenced by U.S. dominance over its Cold War foes. Porter argues that presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson were all strongly opposed to sending combat forces to Vietnam, but that both Kennedy and Johnson were strongly pressured by their national security advisers to undertake military intervention. Porter reveals for the first time that Kennedy attempted to open a diplomatic track for peace negotiations with North Vietnam in 1962 but was frustrated by bureaucratic resistance. Significantly revising the historical account of a major turning point, Porter describes how Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara deliberately misled Johnsonin the Gulf of Tonkin crisis, effectively taking the decision to bomb North Vietnam out of the president's hands.

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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520250044
ISBN-13
9780520250048
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53846155

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Book Title
Perils of Dominance : Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam
Author
Gareth Porter
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Military / General, Asia / General, Military / Vietnam War, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State, Security (National & International)
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
421 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
2004024697
Reviews
This will be the most important contribution to our understanding of the war in Vietnam since the Pentagon Papers. I am not exaggerating or speaking for effect. Porter challenges--by and large successfully--most of the accepted views, especially on the importance of the domino theory, the belief that U.S. policy was driven by a perception of its weakness on the world scene, and the belligerence of Johnson and, to a lesser extent, Kennedy.
Table of Content
Preface 1. The Imbalance of Power, 1953-1965 2. The Communist Powers Appease the United States 3. Eisenhower and Dulles Exploit U.S. Dominance in Vietnam 4. North Vietnamese Policy under the American Threat 5. Kennedy's Struggle with the National Security Bureaucracy 6. Johnson, McNamara, and the Tonkin Gulf Episode 7. Bureaucratic Pressures and Decisions for War 8. Dominoes, Bandwagons, and the Road to War 9. Conclusion: The Perils of Dominance Notes Select Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-024697
Dewey Decimal
959.704/32
Dewey Edition
22

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