So Much to Lose - William J. Rust

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Before U.S. combat units were deployed to Vietnam, presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy strove to defeat a communist-led insurgency in Laos. This impoverished, landlocked Southeast Asian kingdom was geopolitically significant because it bordered more powerful communist and anticommunist nations. The Ho Chi Minh Trail, which traversed the country, was also a critical route for North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam.In So Much to Lose: John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos, William J. Rust continues his definitive examination of U.S.-Lao relations during the Cold War, providing an extensive analysis of their impact on US policy decisions in Vietnam. He discusses the diplomacy, intelligence operations, and military actions that led to the Declaration on the Neutrality of Laos, signed in Geneva in 1962, which met President John F. Kennedy's immediate goal of preventing a communist victory in the country without committing American combat troops. Rust also examines the rapid breakdown of these accords, the U.S. administration's response to their collapse, and the consequences of that response.At the time of Kennedy's assassination in 1963, U.S. policy in Laos was confused and contradictory, and Lyndon B. Johnson inherited not only an incoherent strategy, but also military plans for taking the war to North Vietnam. By assessing the complex political landscape of Laos within the larger context of the Cold War, this book offers fresh insights into American foreign policy decisions that still resonate today.

Autorentext

William J. Rust, a former journalist and communications consultant, is the author of Kennedy in Vietnam: American Vietnam Policy, 1960--1963 and Before the Quagmire: American Intervention in Laos, 1954--1961.

Inhalt

Introduction: We've Got So Much to Lose if That Thing Goes Sour
We Cannot Enforce What We Would Like
A Wide Measure of Discretion
Less Precise Language Than We Desire
A Disagreeable, Hard, and Dangerous Fact
A Severe Loss of Face
We Do Not Have the Power of Decision
A Colossal Booby Trap
We Do Not Have the Power of Decision
Tenuous at Best
A Piece of War
We're Going to Have to Take Some Action
Epilogue: An Awful Mess
Appendix 1: Declaration on the Neutrality of Laos, July 23, 1962
Appendix 2: Protocol to the Declaration on the Neutrality of Laos, July 23, 1962
Appendix 3: Memorandum to the President, June 17, 1963

Titel

So Much to Lose

Untertitel

John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos

Autor

William J. Rust

EAN

9780813144771

ISBN

978-0-8131-4477-1

Format

E-Book (epub)

Hersteller

The University Press of Kentucky

Herausgeber

University Press Of Kentucky

Genre

Politische Theorien und Ideengeschichte

Veröffentlichung

24.04.2014

Digitaler Kopierschutz

Adobe-DRM

Anzahl Seiten

376

Jahr

2014

Untertitel

Englisch