United States Policy Toward Asia

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Genre : Asia
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific
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Release : 1966
File : 24 Pages
ISBN-13 : PSU:000023820494


Shadow On The White House

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Harry Truman's administration began searching for an American response to the clash in Indochina between Frech colonialism and Vietminh communism in 1945. Thirty years and five administrations later, Gerald Ford and his aides tried unsuccessfully to solicit additional aid for South Vietnam from a reluctant Congress. For Truman, Ford, and every American leader in between, the dilemma in Vietnam hung ominously over the presidency. In Shadow on the White House, seven prominent historians examine how the leadership of six presidents and an issue that grew into a difficult and often unpopular war shaped each other. Focusing on the personalities, politics, priorities, and actions of the presidents as they confronted Vietnam, the authors consider the expansion of presidential power in foreign-policy formulation since World War II. In their analyses, they chronicle the history of executive leadership as it related to Vietnam, assess presidential prerogatives and motives on war and peace issues, and clarify the interconnection between the modern presidency and the nation's frustrating, tragic, and humiliating failure in Southeast Asia. Although other histories have been written about the Vietnam experience, this book is the first systematic and comparative survey on presidential leadership as it relates to the war issue. It is organized by presidential administrations, giving a detailed examination of each president's decisions and policies. Based on the most recently opened archival sources, the essays provide a framework on which to hang the kaleidoscopic events of the war. -- Amazon.com.

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Genre : History
Author : David L. Anderson
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Release : 1993
File : 240 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015020875772


Asia And The Pacific In The 1970s

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Genre : Asia
Author : Bruce Brown
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Release : 1971
File : 276 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015026720873


Asian Forum

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Genre : Asia
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Release : 1973
File : 480 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:B3282353


The Oss And Ho Chi Minh

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Some will be shocked to find out that the United States and Ho Chi Minh, our nemesis for much of the Vietnam War, were once allies. Indeed, during the last year of World War II, American spies in Indochina found themselves working closely with Ho Chi Minh and other anti-colonial factions-compelled by circumstances to fight together against the Japanese. Dixee Bartholomew-Feis reveals how this relationship emerged and operated and how it impacted Vietnam's struggle for independence. The men of General William Donovan's newly-formed Office of Strategic Services closely collaborated with communist groups in both Europe and Asia against the Axis enemies. In Vietnam, this meant that OSS officers worked with Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh, whose ultimate aim was to rid the region of all imperialist powers, not just the Japanese. Ho, for his part, did whatever he could to encourage the OSS's negative view of the French, who were desperate to regain their colony. Revealing details not previously known about their covert operations, Bartholomew-Feis chronicles the exploits of these allies as they developed their network of informants, sabotaged the Japanese occupation's infrastructure, conducted guerrilla operations, and searched for downed American fliers and Allied POWs. Although the OSS did not bring Ho Chi Minh to power, Bartholomew-Feis shows that its apparent support for the Viet Minh played a significant symbolic role in helping them fill the power vacuum left in the wake of Japan's surrender. Her study also hints that, had America continued to champion the anti-colonials and their quest for independence, rather than caving in to the French, we might have been spared our long and very lethal war in Vietnam. Based partly on interviews with surviving OSS agents who served in Vietnam, Bartholomew-Feis's engaging narrative and compelling insights speak to the yearnings of an oppressed people-and remind us that history does indeed make strange bedfellows.

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Dixee R. Bartholomew-Feis
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Release : 2006
File : 456 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015063356987


The People S Republic Of China And Richard Nixon

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Genre : China
Author : Claude Albert Buss
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Release : 1972
File : 136 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105033881652


A Reappraisal Of Franco American Relations 1830 1871

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Genre : France
Author : Henry Blumenthal
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Release : 1871
File : 280 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:B4445382


Pacific Community

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Genre : Asia
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Release : 1973
File : 202 Pages
ISBN-13 : IND:32000013032315


American Foreign Policy In The Nuclear Age

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Forfatteren, Dr. phil. Crabb, er professor ved Louisiana State University og formand for universitetets Political Science Department. Denne 3. udgave af bogen er revideret grundigt og indeholder grundlæggende organisatoriske strukturer. Bogen beskriver Amerikansk udenrigspolitik, herunder, den udenrigspolitiske process, økonomiske aspekter, nedrustning, Kongressens rolle samt forholdet imellem USA og Sovjetunionen og USA og Europa herunder NATO. Et enkelt kapitel fokuserer på USA's udenrigspolitik i forhold til Asien.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Cecil V. Crabb (Jr.)
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Release : 1972
File : 582 Pages
ISBN-13 : IND:32000011519248


Southeast Asia In Perspective

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Genre : Asia, Southeastern
Author : John Kerry King
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
Release : 1956
File : 346 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015005512713