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Informationen zum Autor Eugenie M. Blang is assistant professor of history at Hampton University. Klappentext Allies at Odds examines America's Vietnam policy from 1961 to 1968 in an international context by focusing on the United States relationship with its European partners France, West Germany, and Great Britain. The European response to America's Vietnam policy provides a framework to assess this important chapter in recent American history within the wider perspective of international relations. Equally significant, the respective approaches to the "Vietnam question" by the Europeans and Americans reveal the ongoing challenge for nation-states of transcending narrowly defined state-centered policies for a global perspective pursuant of common goals among the trans-Atlantic allies. Blang explores the failure of France, West Germany, and Great Britain to significantly influence American policy-making. Disregarding European concerns, the United States unilaterally embarked on a strategy of escalation to secure a non-Communist South Vietnam without its European allies. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: The United States and the Vietnam ConundrumChapter 2: France and IndochinaChapter 3: West Germany from the 1950s to 1963: Finding a Role in International AffairsChapter 4: Britain and Indochina: We Have Experience in These MattersChapter 5: Lyndon Johnson and Military Escalation in Vietnam, 1964-1968Chapter 6: De Gaulle's Response to American Policy in Vietnam, 1961-1966Chapter 7: Ludwig Erhard: Bonn, Washington, Paris, and the Problem of Vietnam, 1964-1966Chapter 8: Harold Wilson and the Elusive Search for a Diplomatic SettlementChapter 9: The Lessening of Tensions, 1968-1969ConclusionEpilogue: The Allies and the Iraq War
