Demonstrating the centrality of diplomacy in the Vietnam War,
Pierre Asselin traces the secret negotiations that led up to the
Paris Agreement of 1973, which ended America's involvement but
failed to bring peace in Vietnam. Because the two sides signed the
agreement under duress, he argues, the peace it promised was doomed
to unravel.
By January of 1973, the continuing military stalemate and
mounting difficulties on the domestic front forced both Washington
and Hanoi to conclude that signing a vague and largely unworkable
peace agreement was the most expedient way to achieve their most
pressing objectives. For Washington, those objectives included the
release of American prisoners, military withdrawal without formal
capitulation, and preservation of American credibility in the Cold
War. Hanoi, on the other hand, sought to secure the removal of
American forces, protect the socialist revolution in the North, and
improve the prospects for reunification with the South. Using newly
available archival sources from Vietnam, the United States, and
Canada, Asselin reconstructs the secret negotiations, highlighting
the creative roles of Hanoi, the National Liberation Front, and
Saigon in constructing the final settlement.
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