THE ROAD TO VIETNAM

• THE “LIBERAL INTERNATIONALIST” CONSENSUS:

• REALISM: CONTAINMENT FROM GREECE TO KOREA

• GLOBALISM: MARSHALL PLAN, OIL, JAPAN, AND “DOLLAR GAP”

• STUMBLING BLOCKS: COLONIAL POWERS AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY

• STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: PREVENTING “ANOTHER CUBA” AND “ANOTHER KOREA”

• POLITICAL OBJECTIVES: AVOIDING RADICAL-NATIONALIST TAKEOVERS

• “POWER VACUUMS” IN THE THIRD WORLD

• WESTERN EUROPE AS A MODEL OF STABILITY AND SECURITY

• LINEAR DEVELOPMENT AND STAGES OF GROWTH

• SECURITY BEFORE DEVELOPMENT

• PROMOTING “DEVELOPMENT”