Cold War
Cold War | The United States Could Have Won the War in Vietnam
Although President John F. Kennedy supported the unstable democratic government of South Vietnam by sending military machinery and advisers, he would not intervene with troops when Communist North Vietnam threatened to take over the country. His successor, Lyndon Johnson, advocated stronger action. When, on August 4, 1964, North Vietnam launched what many claim was a dubious attack on American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, Congress granted Johnson broad war powers to intervene in the region. Johnson responded with air attacks against North Vietnam. U.S. involvement in Vietnam escalated...
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- Introduction
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From Allies to Enemies: The Origins of the Cold War
- Chapter 1 Preface
- The United States Should Seek Peace with the Soviet Union
- The United States Should Not Seek Peace with the Soviet Union
- The United States Should Contain Soviet Expansion
- The Soviet Union Should Contain U.S. Imperialism
- Soviet Expansion Policies Initiated the Cold War
- U.S. Containment Policies Initiated the Cold War
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Coexistence and Conflict
- Chapter 2 Preface
- The War in Korea Should Be Expanded
- The War in Korea Should Be Limited
- The Soviet Union Seeks Peaceful Coexistence with the United States
- The Soviet Union Does Not Seek Peaceful Coexistence with the United States
- The United States Could Have Won the War in Vietnam
- The United States Could Not Have Won the War in Vietnam
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From Détente to the Cold War’s End
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Détente Is a Constructive
- Détente Is a Flawed U.S. Policy
- The United States Must Develop a Defensive Weapons System to Prevent Nuclear War
- U.S. Development of a Defensive Weapons System Would Increase Nuclear Proliferation
- Ronald Reagan’s Policies Ended the Cold War
- Mikhail Gorbachev’s Policies Ended the Cold War
- Reflections: The Impact of the Cold War
- For Further Discussion
- Copyright
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