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9780842026857

Dean Rusk Defending the American Mission Abroad

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  • ISBN13:

    9780842026857

  • ISBN10:

    0842026851

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-10-01
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

Dean Rusk compared his position as secretary of state in the 1960s to a soldier in a foxhole, defending America against the communist alliance. Author Thomas W. Zeiler writes that the foxhole really represented the universalist ideals Rusk cherished, beli

Author Biography

Thomas W. Zeiler is an associate professor of history at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Lessons of History xi
Chronology xix
I Emergence of a Neo-Wilsonian
International Idealist and Realist
3(20)
Among the Best and the Brightest
23(20)
II From Core to Periphery
Bearing the Burden in Europe
43(22)
Watchful Neighbor over Latin America
65(20)
Priorities in the Third World
85(22)
III Applying Principles in Vietnam
Collective Security in Indochina
107(18)
Sink or Swim: From Kennedy to Johnson
125(20)
Limits of a Limited War
145(22)
The Whole World Was Watching
167(20)
Fading Out
187(20)
Conclusion: The Liberal Missionary 207(10)
Bibliographical Essay 217(10)
Index 227

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