Title:
Shadow on the White House : presidents and the Vietnam War, 1945-1975
JLCTITLE245:
edited by David L. Anderson.
Publication Information:
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c1993.
Physical Description:
vi, 226 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780700605828
9780700605835
Series:
Series Title:
Modern war studies
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author:
Contents:
Presidential leadership and U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia : the buck stops and starts here / David L. Anderson -- Harry S. Truman and the roots of U.S. involvement in Indochina, 1945-1953 / Robert J. McMahon -- Dwight D. Eisenhower and wholehearted support of Ngo Dinh Diem / David L. Anderson -- Commitment in the age of counterinsurgency : Kennedy's Vietnam options and decisions, 1961-1963 / Gary R. Hess -- The reluctant warrior : Lyndon Johnson as commander in chief / George C. Herring -- Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnamese / Sandra C. Taylor -- Containing domestic enemies : Richard M. Nixon and the war at home / Melvin Small -- "Peace with honor" : Richard Nixon and the diplomacy of threat and symbolism / Jeffrey P. Kimball -- Gerald R. Ford and the president's war in Vietnam / David L. Anderson.