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020			_a9780813144788
020			_a0813144787
020			_z9780813144764 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aE183.8.L3 _bR88 2014
082	0	0	_a327.730594090/46 _223
100	1		_aRust, William J.
245	1	0	_aSo much to lose _h[electronic resource] : _bJohn F. Kennedy and American policy in Laos / _cWilliam J. Rust.
260			_aLexington, Kentucky : _bUniversity Press of Kentucky, _c2014. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm.)
490	0		_aStudies in conflict, diplomacy and peace
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: we've got so much to lose if that thing goes sour -- We cannot enforce what we would like -- A wide measure of discretion -- Less precise language than we desire -- A disagreeable, hard, and dangerous fact -- A severe loss of face -- A very hazardous course -- A colossal booby trap -- We do not have the power of decision -- Tenuous at best -- A piece of war -- We're going to have to take some action -- Epilogue: an awful mess.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y1961-1963.
651		0	_aLaos _xForeign relations _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zLaos.
600	1	0	_aKennedy, John F. _q(John Fitzgerald), _d1917-1963.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813144788/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c29781 _d29781