02804nam 22005893u 450 991077872010332120230421034058.00-19-972927-11-280-45393-11-60256-193-1(CKB)111004366529060(EBL)273257(OCoLC)826491805(SSID)ssj0000268638(PQKBManifestationID)12068489(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268638(PQKBWorkID)10237479(PQKB)10957837(MiAaPQ)EBC273257(EXLCZ)9911100436652906020151116d1997|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrWages of globalism[electronic resource] Lyndon Johnson and the limits of American powerOxford University Press19971 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-585-34217-2 0-19-511377-2 ""Contents""; ""1. Great Expectations""; ""2. Who Lost Cuba?""; ""3. The Trojan War (cont.)""; ""4. Suffer the General""; ""5. When the Twain Met-Head-on""; ""6. Bloody Good Luck""; ""7. Six Days in June""; ""8. Vietnam in Context""; ""9. Hegemony's End""; ""Notes""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""One episode dominates the memory of Lyndon Johnson's presidency: the Vietnam War. The war has so darkened Johnson's reputation that it is difficult for many to recall his policies in a positive light-- especially his foreign policy. Now historian H.W. Brands offers a fresh look at Johnson'shandling of international relations, putting Vietnam in the context of the many crises he confronted and the outdated policies of global containment he was expected to uphold. The result is a fascinating portrait of a master politician at work, maneuvering through a series of successes that made hisultimatUnited States - Foreign relations - 1963-1969United States - GeneralHILCCRegions & Countries - AmericasHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCUnited States - Foreign relations - 1963-1969.United States - GeneralRegions & Countries - AmericasHistory & Archaeology327.730092973.923Brands H. W475062AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910778720103321Wages of globalism3820439UNINA