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Vietnam : an analytical study of Lyndon Johnson's controlled use of graduated escalation

This study examines the use of graduated escalation in Vietnam under the Administration of President Lyndon Johnson and attempts to discover the underlying causes that led to the enactment and the continuation of this policy throughout his administration.Factors studied include Johnson's perception of his place in history, his personal style of control, his dual loyalties to expanding "The Great Society" as well as stopping communism through military pressure, and his limited cultural understanding of the needs of the Vietnamese people and the intentions of their leaders.The conclusion is that, while Johnson was a canny politician in his own arena, his controlling personality probably prevented him from considering all of the options open to him in resolving the Vietnam problem and his simplistic, frontier type of diplomacy closed other doors and forced him along a path of frustration and defeat. / Department of Political Science

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/183278
Date January 1986
CreatorsGore, James Alan
ContributorsBall State University. Dept. of Political Science., Rudoni, Dorothy J.
Source SetsBall State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
Format98, [10] leaves ; 28 cm.
SourceVirtual Press
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