Charles Dobbs

Triangles, Symbols, and Constraints

The United States, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China, 1963-1969

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Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses dramatic power struggles within and between the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and the United States of America during Lyndon Johnson's presidency. This book explains Johnson's goals for easing Cold War tensions and how his best intentions fell prey to triangles, symbols, and constraints.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9780761849995
• ISBN-10: 0761849998
• Artikelnr.: 28114907

Autorenporträt

Charles Dobbs is professor of history at Iowa State University. He is the author of The Unwanted Symbol (1981) and The United States and East Asia Since 1945 (1990) as well as two forthcoming books on U.S.-East Asian relations.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 1. The World that Lyndon Johnson Inherited
Chapter 3 2. How the Great Powers Viewed that World
Chapter 4 3. Beijing Gains; Krushchev Falls
Chapter 5 4. The Sino-Soviet Split and the Superpower Triangle
Chapter 6 5. The Vietnam War and the Strategic Triangle
Chapter 7 6. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Chapter 8 7. The USS Pueblo, Tet, and Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Chapter 9 8. Czechoslovakia and the U.S. Presidential Election
Chapter 10 Conclusion
Chapter 11 Bibliography
Chapter 12 Index