policy - The Black Vault

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(CONTINUED)
Chapter
Page
I.
F
The Development of Tax-Cut Legislation,
1962-64 4-9
2. Kennedy's Economic Program and US
Involvement in Vietnam 4-11
D. Johnson Administration Economic Policies
and the Vietnam War 4-14
1. Escalatic- in Vietnam: Grins, Butter,
and Inflation 4-14
2. The Decline of the US International
Economic Position 4-17
E. Nixon Administration Economic Policies
and the Vietnam War 4-23
1. An Overview, 1968-1972 4-23
2. Nixon's Economic Program and US
Withdrawal from Vietnam 4-27 A
F. Insights 4-27
G. Lessons 4-30
5 DOMESTIC POLITICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING
VIETNAM WAR DECISION MAKING 5-1 to 5-41
A. Introduction 5-1
B. Presidential Politics 5-2
1. The Kennedy Administration 5-2
2. The Johnson Administration 5-5
3. The Nixon Administration 5-11
4. The Ford Administration 5-14
C. Congress in Foreign Policy Decision Making 5-16
1. Introduction 5-16
2. Bipartisan Foreign Policy and
Isolation of Congress
S3. Congress, the President, and 5-16
1
the Vietnam War 5-18
4. An Era of Congressional Restriction
of the Presidency 5-21
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