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- catalog abstract ""In All the Way with JFK? Peter Busche shatters many a myth about Anglo-American relations and the Vietnam War. Demolishing the scholarly consensus that Britain was in constant pursuit of peace in Indochina, he shows that the British government ruled out a negotiated settlement, advised John F. Kennedy to conceal the American military build-up, and helped to put the blame for the escalating conflict squarely on the communist regime in Hanoi. Simultaneously, Britain increased its own involvement in the conflict by sending Robert Thompson as the head of a team of counter-insurgency experts to South Vietnam. The detailed analysis of the British Advisory Mission disproves the oft-repeated view that Thompson was the brain behind the strategic hamlet programme, in which Kennedy and his administration put so much faith. However, the British experts were convinced of the programme's eventual success, and Thompson told Kennedy in 1963 that the South Vietnamese were winning the war."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12766500.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations 1964-1979.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations United States.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In All the Way with JFK? Peter Busche shatters many a myth about Anglo-American relations and the Vietnam War. Demolishing the scholarly consensus that Britain was in constant pursuit of peace in Indochina, he shows that the British government ruled out a negotiated settlement, advised John F. Kennedy to conceal the American military build-up, and helped to put the blame for the escalating conflict squarely on the communist regime in Hanoi. Simultaneously, Britain increased its own involvement in the conflict by sending Robert Thompson as the head of a team of counter-insurgency experts to South Vietnam. The detailed analysis of the British Advisory Mission disproves the oft-repeated view that Thompson was the brain behind the strategic hamlet programme, in which Kennedy and his administration put so much faith. However, the British experts were convinced of the programme's eventual success, and Thompson told Kennedy in 1963 that the South Vietnamese were winning the war."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Britain's defence policy in Southeast Asia: the Malaysia Plan, SEATO, and Vietnam -- The diplomatic front: Britain and the International Control Commission in Vietnam -- Proving an active ally: the origins of the British Advisory Mission -- Winning the shooting war: BRIAM and the strategic Hamlet Programme -- The coup: Britain and the fall of Ngo Dinh Diem -- Defending the 'Back door': Konfrontasi and the Vietnam War.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-224) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 240 p., [12] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "019925639X".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations 1964-1979.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations United States.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "959.7043 21".
- catalog subject "DS558.6.G7 B87 2003".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Great Britain.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Britain's defence policy in Southeast Asia: the Malaysia Plan, SEATO, and Vietnam -- The diplomatic front: Britain and the International Control Commission in Vietnam -- Proving an active ally: the origins of the British Advisory Mission -- Winning the shooting war: BRIAM and the strategic Hamlet Programme -- The coup: Britain and the fall of Ngo Dinh Diem -- Defending the 'Back door': Konfrontasi and the Vietnam War.".
- catalog title "All the way with JFK? : Britain, the US, and the Vietnam War / Peter Busch.".
- catalog type "text".