The Limits of Empire

An examination of US security policy towards Southeast Asia in the years following World War II. It contends that the significance of the region was exaggerated... » 

An examination of US security policy towards Southeast Asia in the years following World War II. It contends that the significance of the region was exaggerated, over-extending the US and resulting in the Vietnam War, and conceptualizes US strategy as empire-building, rather than containment. «