Wages of Globalism - Lyndon Johnson and the Limits of American Power

Informationen zum Autor H.W. Brands is Professor of History, Texas A&M University. His books on American foriegn policy include The Devil We Knew, Bound to Empire, and Inside the Cold War. Klappentext For a quarter-century, the shadow of Vietnam has so darkened Lyndon Johnson's reputation in foreign affairs that it has been difficult for historians to appreciate what he did right. Now 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Johnson's handling of international relations, putting Vietnam in the context of the many crises he confronted and the outdated policies of global containment he inherited. The result is a fascinating portrait of a master politician at work, maneuvering through a series of successes that, ironically, help explain his great failure in Vietnam. Zusammenfassung 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 putting Vietnam in the context of the many crises he confronted and the outdated policies of containment he was expected to uphold.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.

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• Authors: H. W. Brands, H. W. (Assistant Professor of History Brands, Brands H. W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1997
• EAN: 9780195113778
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511377-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, International Relations, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1960 to c 1969, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies