The universe unraveling [[electronic resource] ] : American foreign policy in Cold War Laos / / Seth Jacobs |
Autore | Jacobs Seth <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.730594090/04 |
Collana | The United States in the world |
Soggetto topico | International relations |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8014-6451-X
0-8014-6404-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "A Long Country Inhabited by Lotus Eaters": Washington Encounters Laos -- 2. "A Soft Buffer": Laos in the Eisenhower Administration's Grand Strategy -- 3. "Help the Seemingly Unhelpable": "Little America" and the U.S. Aid Program in Laos -- 4. "Foreigners Who Want to Enslave the Country": American Neocolonialism, Lao Defiance -- 5. "Doctor Tom" and "Mister Pop": American Icons in Laos -- 6. "Retarded Children": Laos in the American Popular Imagination -- 7. "No Place to Fight a War": Washington Backs Away from Laos -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452306703321 |
Jacobs Seth <1964-> | ||
Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The universe unraveling [[electronic resource] ] : American foreign policy in Cold War Laos / / Seth Jacobs |
Autore | Jacobs Seth <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.730594090/04 |
Collana | The United States in the world |
Soggetto topico | International relations |
ISBN |
0-8014-6451-X
0-8014-6404-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "A Long Country Inhabited by Lotus Eaters": Washington Encounters Laos -- 2. "A Soft Buffer": Laos in the Eisenhower Administration's Grand Strategy -- 3. "Help the Seemingly Unhelpable": "Little America" and the U.S. Aid Program in Laos -- 4. "Foreigners Who Want to Enslave the Country": American Neocolonialism, Lao Defiance -- 5. "Doctor Tom" and "Mister Pop": American Icons in Laos -- 6. "Retarded Children": Laos in the American Popular Imagination -- 7. "No Place to Fight a War": Washington Backs Away from Laos -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779019803321 |
Jacobs Seth <1964-> | ||
Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The universe unraveling : American foreign policy in Cold War Laos / / Seth Jacobs |
Autore | Jacobs Seth <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.730594090/04 |
Collana | The United States in the world |
Soggetto topico | International relations |
ISBN |
0-8014-6451-X
0-8014-6404-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "A Long Country Inhabited by Lotus Eaters": Washington Encounters Laos -- 2. "A Soft Buffer": Laos in the Eisenhower Administration's Grand Strategy -- 3. "Help the Seemingly Unhelpable": "Little America" and the U.S. Aid Program in Laos -- 4. "Foreigners Who Want to Enslave the Country": American Neocolonialism, Lao Defiance -- 5. "Doctor Tom" and "Mister Pop": American Icons in Laos -- 6. "Retarded Children": Laos in the American Popular Imagination -- 7. "No Place to Fight a War": Washington Backs Away from Laos -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812029703321 |
Jacobs Seth <1964-> | ||
Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|