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George Ball, Vietnam, and the Rethinking of Containment
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George Ball, Vietnam, and the Rethinking of Containment

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Contributors:

   David L. DiLeo

Publisher:

   University of North Carolina Press

Place of Publication:

  Chapel Hill, NC  

Publication Year:

  1991
Subjects:   Ball, George W, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--1945-1989
Table of contents
Contents
Foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xix
1. Origins of Dissent 1
2. At the Margin of Power 31
3. Chess, Not Dominoes 64
4. Antagonists and Allies 93
5. Opposition's Ironies 125
6. A Wholly Partisan Critic 155
7. George Ball and the Theorists 185
Epilogue 213
Notes 221
Bibliography 249
Index 261
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