{"product_id":"lyndon-johnson-and-europe-thomas-alan-schwartz-9780674010741","title":"Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003eTraditionally seen as a master of domestic politics, Lyndon Johnson is frequently portrayed as inept in foreign relations, consumed by the war in Vietnam, and unable to provide vision or leadership for the Western alliance. In this persuasive revisionist history, Thomas Alan Schwartz takes issue with many of the popular and scholarly assumptions about the president seen as the classic \"ugly American.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the first comprehensive study of Johnson's policy toward Europe--the most important theater of the Cold War--Schwartz shows a president who guided the United States with a policy that balanced the solidarity of the Western alliance with the need to stabilize the Cold War and reduce the nuclear danger. He faced the dilemmas of maintaining the cohesion of the alliance, especially with the French withdrawal from NATO, while trying to reduce tensions between eastern and western Europe, managing bitter conflicts over international monetary and trade policies, and prosecuting an escalating war in Southeast Asia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImpressively researched and engagingly written, \u003ci\u003eLyndon Johnson and Europe\u003c\/i\u003e shows a fascinating new side to this giant of twentieth-century American history and demonstrates that Johnson's diplomacy toward Europe deserves recognition as one of the most important achievements of his presidency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Alan Schwartz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674010744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674010741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.76w x 1.26d","brand":"Thomas Alan Schwartz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43920451600639,"sku":"9780674010741","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ff090db4-02b7-4642-a25a-cff2d208eeda.jpg?v=1680815439","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lyndon-johnson-and-europe-thomas-alan-schwartz-9780674010741","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}