When governments collide : coercion and diplomacy in the Vietnam conflict, 1964-1968 / Wallace J. Thies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thies, Wallace J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Diplomatic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 p.) : 8 tables

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1980]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations Used in the Footnotes

Abbreviations Used in the Text

Glossary of Code Names

1. Introduction

2. Pressures Against the North: Preparation and Experimentation

3. The Perils of Escalation

4. Negotiating While Fighting

5. Coercing Governments

6. The Government as Coercer: Idioms and Orchestration

7. Coercive Violence: "Controllability" and Consensus

8. Coercive Warfare: An Appraisal

APPENDIX I

APPENDIX II

APPENDIX III

APPENDIX IV

APPENDIX V

APPENDIX VI

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520330610

0520330617

OCLC:

1149474699