1. The Situation in 1960-61 -- 2. The Economy Complicates Foreign Policy -- 3. The United States and Japan -- 4. The Little Tigers Roar: The Republics of Korea and China -- 5. Allies Needing Reassurance: The Philippines and Thailand -- 6. Dangerously Unsettled: Malaya/Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia -- Conclusion: Success Yet Failure
Summary
In a strange way, the United States achieved its goal for the Vietnam War, but forgot why it was fighting. It was not fighting to keep South Vietnam from falling to the communists; it was fighting in Indochina to buy time for the other free nations of the
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-311) and index