Historian H.W. Brands offers a fresh look at Johnson's handling of international relations, putting Vietnam in the context of the many crises he confronted and the outdated policies of containment he was expected to uphold. The result is a fascinating portrait of a master politician at work, manouevring through a series of successes that made his ultimate failure in Vietnam all the more tragic.
Historian H.W. Brands offers a fresh look at Johnson's handling of international relations, putting Vietnam in the context of the many crises he confronted and the outdated policies of containment he was expected to uphold. The result is a fascinating portrait of a master politician at work, manouevring through a series of successes that made his ultimate failure in Vietnam all the more tragic.
Historian H.W. Brands offers a fresh look at Johnson's handling of international relations, putting Vietnam in the context of the many crises he confronted and the outdated policies of containment he was expected to uphold. The result is a fascinating portrait of a master politician at work, manouevring through a series of successes that made his ultimate failure in Vietnam all the more tragic.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780195113778
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-19-511377-8
- Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
- Erscheinungstermin: 27.11.1997
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 1997
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 466 g
- Seiten: 304
- Format (B x H x T): 154 x 229 x 32 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt