Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World

"In 1961, President John F. Kennedy initiated a bold new policy of engaging states that had chosen to remain nonaligned in the Cold War. In a narrative ranging from the White House to the western coast of Africa, to the shores of New Guinea, Robert B. Rakove examines the brief but eventful life of this policy during the presidencies of Kennedy and his successor, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Engagement initially met with real success, but it faltered in the face of serious obstacles, including colonial and regional conflicts, disputes over foreign aid and the Vietnam War. Its failure paved the way for a lasting hostility between the United States and much of the nonaligned world, with consequences extending to the present. This book offers a sweeping account ofa critical period in the relationship between the United States and the Third World"--

Product details

• Authors: Robert B. Rakove, Robert B. (Lecturer Rakove, Rakove Robert B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2014
• EAN: 9781107449381
• ISBN: 978-1-107-44938-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; History, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, International Relations, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1960 to c 1969, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General