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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785212303321

Autore

Colman Jonathan

Titolo

The foreign policy of Lyndon B. Johnson : the United States and the world, 1963-1969 / / Jonathan Colman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-7486-8681-9

0-7486-5269-8

1-282-89984-8

9786612899843

0-7486-4328-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

327.73009046

Soggetti

Political participation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Johnson White House and foreign policy -- Vietnam : going to war, 1963-5 -- Vietnam : waging war, 1965-9 -- Two allies : Britain and France -- NATO nuclear sharing and troop offset -- Two adversaries : The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China -- Two cities in the Middle East : Cyprus, 1964 and the Six-Day War, 1967 -- The Western Hemisphere : The Alliance for Progress, Cuba and the Dominican Republic -- Dollars and gold: monetary and trade policy -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book will offer a fresh  up-to-date  balanced overview of Johnson's policies across a range of theatres and issues with the aim of generating a proper understanding of his successes and failures in foreign policy.