Perils of dominance : imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam /

Gareth Porter presents a new interpretation of how and why the US went to war in Vietnam. He provides a challenge to the prevailing explanation that US officials adhered blindly to a Cold War doctrine that loss of Vietnam would cause a 'domino effect' leading to communist dominance of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Porter, Gareth, 1942-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2005.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pn777