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 CIS NO: 85-S382-4
 TITLE: U.S. Government and the Vietnam War, Executive and Legislative Roles
     and Relationships. Part II: 1961-1964.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Print                     COLLATION: xiii+424 p. Index.
 DATE: Dec. 1984
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 98-2              SUDOC: Y4.F76/2:S.prt.98-185/pt.2
 ITEM NO: 1039-A; 1039-B             PUB NO: S.Prt.98-185, pt. 2
 LC CARD NO: 84-602715               MC ENTRY NO: 85-18680

 Second volume in a four-part CRS study, prepared by William C. Gibbons,
 analyzing the roles of Congress and the executive in development of U.S.
 policy regarding the Vietnam war. Describes evolution of major decisions and
 interaction between the two branches of Government during the 1961-64
 period.
 Contains the following chapters:
 a. 1961 Decision To Stand Firm in Vietnam (p. 1-71).
 b. New U.S. Commitment: "Limited Partners" (p. 72-136).
 c. Sowing the Wind: The Fall of Ngo Dinh Diem (p. 137-208).
 d. Preparing for the Possibility of a Wider War (p. 209- 279).
 e. Striking Back: The Gulf of Tonkin Incidents (p. 280-342).
 f. Talking Peace and Planning War (p. 343-402).
 Appendix (p. 403-412) contains a summary of legal commentary and judicial
 opinions on the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
   Includes a subject index (p. 415-424).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam war policy dev, congressional and exec roles
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): FOREIGN.RELATIONS; VIETNAM
     WAR (Congressional and exec roles in Vietnam war policy dev);
     CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE; GIBBONS, WILLIAM C.; HISTORY;
     CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE RELATIONS; COUNTERINSURGENCY; DIEM, NGO DINH;
     GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION (Legal and judicial opinions);
     CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, legal and judicial
     opinions); CASE LAW (Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, legal and judicial
     opinions); GULF OF TONKIN