Limits of Empire The United States and Southeast Asia since World War II

Name: Limits of Empire The United States and Southeast Asia since World War II
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ISBN: 9780231108812

ISBN-10: 0231108818

ISBN-13: 9780231108812

Edition: 1999

Authors: Robert J. McMahon, Robert McMahon

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In the years following World War II, as the United States began to focus on the global containment of communism, few regions of the world were considered as much of a potential battleground as Southeast Asia. Robert McMahon contends that policymakers exaggerated the significance of the region within the global power balance, dangerously overextending the United States and resulting in the tragedy of the Vietnam War.The first book to situate the Vietnam War in its broad, regional context, The Limits of Empire offers the most complete picture to date of how U.S. strategies of containment and empire-building spiraled out of control in Southeast Asia. Additionally, McMahon's analysis goes…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 2/10/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




The Colonial Order



The Roots of Intervention, 1945--1950



Searching for Stability, 1950--1954



The Deepening Crisis, 1954--1961



At War in Southeast Asia, 1961--1968



Disengagement, 1968--1975



Toward a New Regional Order, 1975--1998