Triangles, symbols, and constraints : the United States, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China, 1963-1969 / Charles Dobbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobbs, Charles M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--1955-1965.

World politics.

World politics--1965-1975.

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

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States--Foreign relations--China.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : University Press of America, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book discusses dramatic power struggles within and between the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and the United States of America during Lyndon Johnson's presidency. This book explains Johnson's goals for easing Cold War tensions and how his best intentions fell prey to triangles, symbols, and constraints.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The World that Lyndon Johnson Inherited; Chapter 2: How the Great Powers Viewed that World; Chapter 3: Beijing Gains; Krushchev Falls; Chapter 4: The Sino-Soviet Split and the Superpower Triangle; Chapter 5: The Vietnam War and the Strategic Triangle; Chapter 6: The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution; Chapter 7: The USS Pueblo, Tet, and Nuclear Non-Proliferation; Chapter 8: Czechoslovakia and US Presidential Election; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-307) and index.

ISBN:

0-7618-8929-9

0-7618-5000-7

1-299-13579-X