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Johnson's War/Johnson's Great Society: The Guns and Butter Trap Hardcover - 2000

by Jeffrey W. Helsing


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Helsing provides a unique perspective on the escalation of the Vietnam War. He examines what many analysts and former policymakers in the Johnson administration have acknowledged as a crucial factor in the way the United States escalated in Vietnam: Johnson's desire for both guns and butter--his belief that he must stem the advance of communism in Southeast Asia while pursuing a Great Society at home. He argues that the United States government, the president, and his key advisers in particular engaged in a major pattern of deception in how the United States committed its military force in Vietnam. He then argues that a significant sector of the government was deceived as well. The first half of the book traces and analyzes the pattern of deception from 1964 through July 1965. The second half shows how the military and political decisions to escalate influenced--and were influenced by--the economic advice and policies being given the President. This in-depth analysis will be of particular concern to scholars, students, and researchers involved with U.S. foreign and military policy, the Vietnam War, and Presidential war powers.

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  • Title Johnson's War/Johnson's Great Society: The Guns and Butter Trap
  • Author Jeffrey W. Helsing
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Date 2000-08-30
  • ISBN 9780275964498 / 0275964493
  • Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.55 x 6.45 x 1.08 in (24.26 x 16.38 x 2.74 cm)
  • Reading level 1500
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
  • Library of Congress subjects Johnson, Lyndon B, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99055224
  • Dewey Decimal Code 959.704

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Citations

  • Choice, 03/01/2001, Page 1347
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2000, Page 31

About the author

JEFFREY W. HELSING is Program Officer for Education at The United States Institute of Peace. Dr. Helsing has served with a variety of research organizations and has been an Assistant Professor of Political Science at The American University of Cairo.
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