Limits of empire - the united states and southeast asia since world war ii
Robert (ohio State Univ) Mcmahon (Author)
The most complete picture to date of how U.S. strategies of containment and empire-building spiraled out of control in Southeast Asia, investigating also how the demoralizing experience of Vietnam radically undermined U.S. enthusiasm for the region in a strategic sense.
Print Book, English, 1999
University Presses Of Californ, 1999
288 sidor ; 22.7 cm
9780231108812, 0231108818
1023366029
1. The Colonial Order 2. The Roots of Intervention, 1945-1950 3. Searching for Stability, 1950-1954 4. The Deepening Crisis, 1954-1961 5. At War in Southeast Asia, 1961-1968 6. Disengagement, 1968-1975 7. Toward a New Regional Order, 1975-1998