So Much to Lose [electronic resource] : John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos /
Rust, William J.
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky,
2014.
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, prov
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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, prov
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- A very hazardous course -- 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.
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Laos -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Laos.
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
United States - General