| The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis Contributor(s): Lawrence, Mark Atwood (Editor), Logevall, Fredrik (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674023927 ISBN-13: 9780674023925 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $38.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: How did the conflict between Vietnamese nationalists and French colonial rulers erupt into a major Cold War struggle between communism and Western liberalism? To understand the course of the Vietnam wars, it is essential to explore the connections between events within Vietnam and global geopolitical currents in the decade after the Second World War. In this illuminating work, leading scholars examine various dimensions of the struggle between France and Vietnamese revolutionaries that began in 1945 and reached its climax at Dien Bien Phu. Several essays break new ground in the study of the Vietnamese revolution and the establishment of the political and military apparatus that successfully challenged both France and the United States. Other essays explore the roles of China, France, Great Britain, and the United States, all of which contributed to the transformation of the conflict from a colonial skirmish to a Cold War crisis. Taken together, the essays enable us to understand the origins of the later American war in Indochina by positioning Vietnam at the center of the grand clash between East and West and North and South in the middle years of the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Vietnam War - History | Military - United States - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 959.704 |
| LCCN: 2006046497 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.32" W x 9.14" (1.21 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How did the conflict between Vietnamese nationalists and French colonial rulers erupt into a major Cold War struggle between communism and Western liberalism? To understand the course of the Vietnam wars, it is essential to explore the connections between events within Vietnam and global geopolitical currents in the decade after the Second World War. In this illuminating work, leading scholars examine various dimensions of the struggle between France and Vietnamese revolutionaries that began in 1945 and reached its climax at Dien Bien Phu. Several essays break new ground in the study of the Vietnamese revolution and the establishment of the political and military apparatus that successfully challenged both France and the United States. Other essays explore the roles of China, France, Great Britain, and the United States, all of which contributed to the transformation of the conflict from a colonial skirmish to a Cold War crisis. Taken together, the essays enable us to understand the origins of the later American war in Indochina by positioning Vietnam at the center of the grand clash between East and West and North and South in the middle years of the twentieth century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lawrence, Mark Atwood: - Mark Atwood Lawrence is Associate Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin.Logevall, Fredrik: - Fredrik Logevall is Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Professor of History at Harvard University. |