VIETNAM AND THE COLD WAR 1945-1954 French Imperial Decline and Defeat at Dien Bien Phu
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Often overshadowed by the later U.S. conflict, the “French” Vietnam War,more precisely the First Indochina War,pitted the French Union against the communist-nationalist Viet Minh for control of French Indochina. The struggle culminated in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, whose shattered French resolve. The ensuing Geneva Accords formalised France’s withdrawal and partitioned Vietnam into North and South, setting the stage for subsequent conflict.
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A forensic study of war, imperial history and international relations, this account traces events from the aftermath of the Second World War into the Cold War and the collapse of Western imperialism in Asia. Above all, it centres on the pivotal French defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
It examines France’s revanchist bid to restore imperial “glory” after wartime humiliation under Vichy, driven in part by Charles de Gaulle’s nationalism. Opposing them, the communist-led Viet Minh, under Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap, mobilised a nation in arms with support from China and the Soviet Union.
Both a soldiers’ war and a global contest, it captures battlefield experience alongside high politics, culminating in the Geneva Accords.
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| Author/Editor | ohn Pike |
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| Product Code | 32481 |
| Delivery | This item is usually dispatched Next Day |
| Format | Hardback 529 pages +plates |
| ISBN | 9781526789297 |
| Condition | New |
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