Allies At Odds - America, Europe, and Vietnam, 19611968

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.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: The United States and the Vietnam Conundrum
Chapter 2: France and Indochina
Chapter 3: West Germany from the 1950s to 1963: Finding a Role in International Affairs
Chapter 4: Britain and Indochina: We Have Experience in These Matters
Chapter 5: Lyndon Johnson and Military Escalation in Vietnam, 1964-1968
Chapter 6: De Gaulle's Response to American Policy in Vietnam, 1961-1966
Chapter 7: Ludwig Erhard: Bonn, Washington, Paris, and the Problem of Vietnam, 1964-1966
Chapter 8: Harold Wilson and the Elusive Search for a Diplomatic Settlement
Chapter 9: The Lessening of Tensions, 1968-1969
Conclusion
Epilogue: The Allies and the Iraq War

About the author

Eugenie M. Blang is assistant professor of history at Hampton University.

Product details

• Authors: Eugenie Blang, Eugenie M. Blang, Blang Eugenie M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780810894952
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9495-2
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years; Vietnam: America in the War Ye; Vietnam: America in the War Years
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / General, History of the Americas, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War