Defending the Free World: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and the Vietnam War, 1961-1965

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• Defending the Free World i
• Recent Titles in Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought ii
• Defending the Free World - John E Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and the Vietnam War, 1961–1965 iii
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• Acknowledgments xi
• Abbreviations xiii
• 1: Defending the Free World: 1961 1
• 2: The Coup 37
• 3: Toward the Gulf of Tonkin 81
• 4: Pleiku 115
• 5: Toward the Press Conference Speech 153
• Selected Bibliography 225
• Index 235
• About the Author 245