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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456893403321

Autore

Blang Eugenie <1964->

Titolo

Allies at odds [[electronic resource] ] : America, Europe, and Vietnam, 1961-1968 / / Eugenie M. Blang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Md.], : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-283-03107-8

9786613031075

1-4422-0923-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Vietnam--America in the war years

Disciplina

959.704/32

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Diplomatic history

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations France

United States Foreign relations Germany (West)

United States Foreign relations Great Britain

France Foreign relations United States

Germany (West) Foreign relations United States

Great Britain Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The United States and the Vietnam conundrum -- France and Indochina -- West Germany from the 1950s to 1963 : finding a role in international affairs -- Britain and Indochina : We have experience in these matters -- Lyndon Johnson and military escalation in Vietnam, 1964-1968 -- De Gaulle's response to American policy in Vietnam, 1961-1966 -- Ludwig Erhard : Bonn, Washington, Paris, and the problem of Vietnam, 1964-1966 -- Harold Wilson and the illusive search for a diplomatic settlement -- The lessening of tensions, 1968-1969 -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: The allies and the Iraq War.

Sommario/riassunto

Allies at Odds examines America's Vietnam policy from 1961 to 1968 in an international context by focusing on the United States' relationship with its European partners France, West Germany, and



Great Britain. The European response to America's Vietnam policy provides a framework to assess this important chapter in recent American history within the wider perspective of international relations. Equally significant, the respective approaches to the ""Vietnam question"" by the Europeans and Americans reveal the ongoing challenge