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America at the brink of empire : Rusk, Kissinger, and the Vietnam War
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- Creator
- Lawrence W. Serewicz
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- x, 233 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780807131794, 0807131792
- OCLC
- ocm65644274
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
- Introduction : republic or empire? -- Dean Rusk : pacta sunt servanda -- Lyndon Johnson's flawed statesmanship and the near Machiavellian moment in American foreign policy -- Henry Kissinger : Machiavelli's advisor -- Rusk and Kissinger : the high priest of principle and the dark prince of power -- Rusk or Kissinger : can America be reconciled to the world? -- Applying the Machiavellian moment to the presidency of George W. Bush
Subjects
- Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994 -- Political and social views.
- Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023 -- Political and social views.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Diplomatic history.
- Imperialism -- History -- 20th century.
- Intervention (International law) -- Case studies.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1963-1969.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam.
- Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States.