This study aims to serve as a bridging of the gap in historical understanding of this period. There are currently no thematic studies which assess British foreign policy towards Vietnam, in the context of the special relationship, and its wider effects from 1960 to 1968. 'The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam' Monday, JanuCouncil on Foreign Relations Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), independent nonpartisan think. Lansdale is a tribute to a guy who recognized the threat of insurgency in a post. Much of the historical literature on Anglo-American relations, in the context of British foreign policy towards Vietnam, either mentions Vietnam in passing, isolates Vietnam from other foreign policy considerations, or has a narrow focus. Max Boot has become one of the master chroniclers of American counterinsurgency efforts, and his biography of Mr. Praised as a superb scholarly achievement (Foreign Policy), The Road Not Taken confirms Max Boot’s role as a master chronicler (Washington Times) of American military affairs.

The period starts at the end of Eisenhower’s tenure, when escalation begins in earnest, and finishes at the start of 1968, when the Vietnam War reaches its peak in the Tet Offensive. A New York Times bestseller, this epic and elegant biography (Wall Street Journal) profoundly recasts our understanding of the Vietnam War. This study will attempt to add to our current historical understanding of Britain’s involvement in the Vietnam War by taking a thematic approach in analysing the balancing act of the major issues facing Britain with the demands of the Anglo-American ‘special relationship’ in Vietnam between 19, based primarily on previously unused archival sources and existing memoirs. Yet, analysis of the British perspective has been much more limited, with only a handful of major studies specifically focusing on the Anglo-American relationship in the context of the Vietnam War, with Peter Busch and Sylvia Ellis making notable contributions to the subject. The American perspective of the Vietnam War is voluminous in the historiography, which is understandable given the distressing experience the War had on US domestic politics.

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