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.
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