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George Ball, Vietnam, and the rethinking of containment

During his tenure as undersecretary of state from 1961 to 1966, George Ball was the only presidential adviser who systematically opposed American military intervention in Southeast Asia. In this volume David DiLeo profiles Ball's opposition to the United States' role in Vietnam and evaluates the impact of this dissent on the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations.
Print Book, English, ©1991
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, ©1991
xxii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780807819364, 9780807842973, 0807819360, 0807842974
21761901
Origins of dissent
At the margin of power
Chess, not dominoes
Antagonists and allies
Opposition's ironies
A wholly partisan critic
George Ball and the theorists