A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam. Volume 4. US Domestic Factors Influencing Vietnam War Policy Making

Abstract

The Vietnam War demonstrated the important role played by domestic factors in foreign policy making. Social change, the US economy, the media, and the American political scene contributed to the shaping of US involvement in the war. Nevertheless, American domestic politics strongly influenced the course of US involvement in the war. While presidential politics determined the direction of US involvement through the 1960s, congressional reassertion of its constitutional function to advice and consent on foreign policy matters and more specifically on war-related issues characterized the 1970s. The following insights and lessons are derived from each of the five chapters of Volume IV.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA096427

Entities

Organizations

  • Braddock Dunn & McDonald

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Rights
  • Civil War
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Second World War
  • Sociopolitics

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies