Indochina and Vietnam : the thirty-five-year war, 1940-1975 / Robert L. Miller and Dennis Wainstock.
"The Indochina and Vietnam Wars followed one another over a thirty-five year span from 1940 to 1975. These two closely related conflicts are usually treated separately, mostly in isolation from one another. This book presents those wars as a single historical event for the student and the informed g...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Enigma Books,
[2013]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 265 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm Issued also as an ebook. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- An imperial conquest. France in the Far East ; War, defeat, and resurgence: 1940-1952 ; Colonial exit: Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Conference, 1953-1954
- Cold War Vietnam. North and South Vietnam ; The Eisenhower approach: 1953-1960 ; Kennedy and the crisis of 1963
- The American war. Americanizing the war ; Rising opposition to the war ; The breaking point ; Vietnamization ; The war drags on
- Chronology 1939-1975
- Selected facts and figures.