Wages of globalism [[electronic resource] ] : Lyndon Johnson and the limits of American power

• Autore: Brands H. W
• Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.730092; 973.923
• Soggetto topico: United States - Foreign relations - 1963-1969; United States - General; Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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Johnson'shandling of international relations, putting Vietnam in the context of the many crises he confronted and the outdated policies of global containment he was expected to uphold.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 hisultimat
• Titolo autorizzato: Wages of globalism
• ISBN: 0-19-972927-1; 1-280-45393-1; 1-60256-193-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778720103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II