The foreign policy of Lyndon B. Johnson : the United States and the world, 1963-1969 / Jonathan Colman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colman, Jonathan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--1963-1969.

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book will offer a fresh up-to-date balanced overview of Johnson's policies across a range of theatres and issues with the aim of generating a proper understanding of his successes and failures in foreign policy.

Contents:

The Johnson White House and foreign policy

Vietnam : going to war, 1963-5

Vietnam : waging war, 1965-9

Two allies : Britain and France

NATO nuclear sharing and troop offset

Two adversaries : The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China

Two cities in the Middle East : Cyprus, 1964 and the Six-Day War, 1967

The Western Hemisphere : The Alliance for Progress, Cuba and the Dominican Republic

Dollars and gold: monetary and trade policy

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

0-7486-8681-9

0-7486-5269-8

1-282-89984-8

9786612899843

0-7486-4328-1

OCLC:

697532270