This book examines the history of communist Indochina, from the
foundation of the Indochinese Communist Party in 1929-30 to the end
of the 1970s. It explores the impact of the Japanese invasion of
Indochina in 1940, and the subsequent relationship between the
Japanese occupiers and the Vichy French colonial regime. It
considers why, following the Japanese surrender, the cause of
Vietnamese independence was championed by the Communist-led Viet
Minh movement headed by Ho Chi Minh, culminating in the August
Revolution and the Viet Minh seizure of power, and analyses the
record of the Viet Minh Provisional Government of 1945-46. It goes
on to consider key episodes of the Vietnam War which followed
partition in 1954, including the Tet Offensive of 1967-68 - a
crucial turning point in the course of the conflict - and the
Cambodia Crisis of 1969-70. Throughout, it considers events within
Indochina in the context of wider regional and international
developments, focusing in particular on the role played by the
Chinese, including their support to the Viet Minh in their struggle
against the French from 1947, and the issue of Cambodia which
eventually precipitated the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979. The book
also explores the main trends in social, economic and institutional
development which characterised this period, including village and
clan networks, economic and monetary developments, the contrasting
systems of North and South after partition, and the consequences of
choosing a Soviet economic alignment in preference to links with
Japan and capitalist Asia. Written by the late Ralph Smith, a
highly respected historian of Asia, this book is essential reading
for anyone seeking to understand the history of Indochina.
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