| Description |
xx, 528 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-505) and index. |
| Contents |
Liberal anticommunism -- Beyond massive retaliation -- The third world alternative -- Policies and people -- The new strategy -- To Vienna and back -- The Berlin anomaly -- A contest of resolve -- The wall -- Tests and tension -- Flexible response -- Berlin to Cuba -- Removing Castro -- A deniable plan -- An undeniable fiasco -- Still Castro -- Mongoose -- Searching for missiles -- The options debated -- Blockade -- Military steps -- Political steps -- The denouement -- A crisis managed -- Aftermath -- Back to square one -- The Sino-Soviet split -- Toward a test ban -- The test ban treaty -- Measured response -- Counterinsurgency -- Laos -- Commitment without combat -- Deciding not to decide -- The Taylor report -- Decisions -- The influence of Laos -- In the dark -- Coersion and clients -- Diem's assassination -- Kennedy to Johnson. |
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Military leadership.
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Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
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Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963.
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United States -- Military policy.
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Cuba -- History -- Invasion, 1961.
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| ISBN |
0195134532 (alk. paper) |
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