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20th Century Rhetorical Influences On United States-Mexico Relations, A. Gene Wendorf
20th Century Rhetorical Influences On United States-Mexico Relations, A. Gene Wendorf
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
The thesis documents the important influences that have shaped Mexican-American relations in the late 19th century and in the 20th century. These influences uncover areas that go over and beyond the conventional schools of diplomacy. They include a whole myriad of forces. The thread of our relations is found to be based largely on self determination made by each Presidential administration.
It is demonstrated that many Presidents have acted as their own statesmen in regard to Mexico. In searching for influences the researcher finds culture, language, technology, politics, economics, history, geography and religion as relevant. The nature of United States …
The Vietnam Escalation: Decision Making In The Johnson Administration, Arnoldo Tadeo Zarate
The Vietnam Escalation: Decision Making In The Johnson Administration, Arnoldo Tadeo Zarate
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Between November 1963 and July 1965, the Lyndon Johnson administration embarked on a policy that led to the Americanization of an internal struggle in Vietnam. The stage had been set in the events that followed World War II and the United States government's cold war decisions in the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. At the outset, France had refused to relinquish its colonial claims in Southeast Asia. Those early post-war governments changed the nature of the struggle in Indo-China from anti-colonialism to the American crusade against Communism.
The strict cold war policies of the Eisenhower administration and the subsequent blurring of …