Table of Contents

List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPt. IThe ArgumentCh. 1Analogical Reasoning in Foreign Affairs: Two Views3Ch. 2The AE Framework19Ch. 3America's Vietnam Options47Pt. IIThe CasesCh. 4Containment, Analogies, and the Pre-1965 Vietnam Decisions71Ch. 5Korea97Ch. 6Dien Bien Phu148Ch. 7Munich and the 1930s174Pt. IIIThe ImplicationsCh. 8The Psychology of Analogical Reasoning209Ch. 9Conclusion251Bibliography265Index279

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One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1993 "Khong's interviews and newly declassified documents make a compelling case the American decision-makers in 1965 used historical analogies not only to justify decisions but to make them, most notably in the process of rejecting options."--Foreign Affairs