President Lyndon Johnson And Soviet Communism

by Dumbrell, John

• ISBN13: 9780719062643
• ISBN10: 0719062640
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-03
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

This study fills a significant gap in the academic literature on the Cold War by considering President Lyndon Johnson's policy towards the Soviet Union. The author examines the attitudes of Johnson and his leading advisers toward the Soviet leadership, taking into account the effects of Moscow's growing splits with Beijing, the impact on US-Soviet relations of nuclear issues, the Vietnam War, and clashes over Cuba, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Based on detailed scrutiny of archives in Britain and the United States, as well as recently published document collections, this study also examines the President's personal leadership qualities, his mistakes in Vietnam and his success as a peacemaker with Moscow. The book constitutes a major contribution to literature on President Johnson's foreign policy "beyond Vietnam."

Author Biography

John Dumbrell is Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Note on sources	x
Introduction	1	(4)
1 Lyndon Johnson and Soviet communism	5	(27)
2 US-Soviet relations, 1963-69	32	(28)
3 Nuclear weapons	60	(31)
4 The Vietnam War, 1963-66	91	(23)
5 The Vietnam War, 1966-69	114	(20)
6 Cuba	134	(20)
7 Crises: the Six Day War and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia	154	(25)
8 Conclusion	179	(8)
Bibliographical note	187	(1)
Index	188