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1. The Thinking that Led to Vietnam: Footbridge into the Quagmire.

Author

Phillips, Cabell

Subjects
*VIETNAM War, 1961-1975, *NATIONAL security, *COMMUNISTS, *INTERNATIONAL relations, *FEDERAL government, *ATOMIC bomb, *CONSTITUTIONAL law
Abstract

Focuses on policy decisions of the National Security Council (NSC) that led the U.S. into war with Vietnam. Reasons for the U.S. to the Communist attack on South Korea in June 1950; Comment on the foreign policy of the U.S. mentioned in NSC paper regarding Vietnam; Reports that in September, 1949, the Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb, about five years ahead of expectations by American and European experts; Observations on the new power relationship in the world, with the U.S. and the Soviet Union occupying the terminal poles.

Published
1971