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Perils of dominance imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam
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Title
Perils of dominance [electronic resource] : imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam / Gareth Porter.
ISBN
9780520940406 (ebook) :
Published
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, c2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 403 p.)
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Summary
Gareth Porter presents a new interpretation of how and why the US went to war in Vietnam. He provides a challenge to the prevailing explanation that US officials adhered blindly to a Cold War doctrine that loss of Vietnam would cause a 'domino effect' leading to communist dominance of the area.
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University press scholarship online.
California scholarship online.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 23, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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