Vietnam and the Soviet Union: implications for Europe and American foreign policy options

Vietnam and the Soviet Union: implications for Europe and American foreign policy options

This thesis concludes that Soviet expenditures in Indochina, particularly Vietnam, have significantly reduced assets and options available to the USSR in Europe. Economic, military, and political expenditures are assessed. Tradeoffs between the Soviet Union's Indochina resource commitments and...

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Main Author: Boudreau, Robert Nelson
Other Authors: Buss, Claude Albert
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/20031
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spelling ndltd-nps.edu-oai-calhoun.nps.edu-10945-200312014-11-27T16:13:35Z Vietnam and the Soviet Union: implications for Europe and American foreign policy options Boudreau, Robert Nelson Buss, Claude Albert School for International Graduate Studies National Security Affairs This thesis concludes that Soviet expenditures in Indochina, particularly Vietnam, have significantly reduced assets and options available to the USSR in Europe. Economic, military, and political expenditures are assessed. Tradeoffs between the Soviet Union's Indochina resource commitments and European limitations are established. Based on these tradeoffs, three policy options for the United States in South-East Asia are formulated -- hardline, low key, and minimal involvement. A 'low key' option, with emphasis on diplomatic and economic instruments, is recommended as preferrable to military means. (Author) 2012-11-20T00:00:21Z 2012-11-20T00:00:21Z 1983-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10945/20031 o640090530 en_US Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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description This thesis concludes that Soviet expenditures in Indochina, particularly Vietnam, have significantly reduced assets and options available to the USSR in Europe. Economic, military, and political expenditures are assessed. Tradeoffs between the Soviet Union's Indochina resource commitments and European limitations are established. Based on these tradeoffs, three policy options for the United States in South-East Asia are formulated -- hardline, low key, and minimal involvement. A 'low key' option, with emphasis on diplomatic and economic instruments, is recommended as preferrable to military means. (Author)
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