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So much to lose : John F. Kennedy and American policy in Laos /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rust, William J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Series:Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963.
United States > Foreign relations > Laos.
Laos > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.