Sensorisch-integrative Befunderhebung

Bundy, Anita

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“…Bundy noted in 1965 that 'to hold some of our allies we may need to be a little less rigid about talks'. 87 A bombing pause as a prelude to negotiations would, among other things, 'ease the domestic pressure' on allies such as the Australians. 88 The Manila conference of troop-contributing countries in 1966 saw intense wrangling between the United States and its allies over the wording of the communiqué on peace negotiations and US troop withdrawals should negotiations succeed.…”

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The Johnson Administration and the Recruitment of Allies in Vietnam, 1964–1968

Colman

Widén

2009

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The Vietnam War has generated a vast literature but one which has often forgotten that the United States fought in Vietnam as part of a coalition. This article examines Washington's efforts under President Lyndon B. Johnson to recruit third country combat assistance. He and his colleagues sought military help less for practical reasons than for political ones as a way of legitimizing the war both domestically and abroad. However, no NATO countries were willing to participate, and some of the five troop-contributing countries (Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand) were attracted probably more by American largesse than by idealism. In exploring the diplomacy of coalition-building, this article has a contemporary resonance in the light of the military campaigns initiated by the White House since 2003.h ist_467 483..504

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