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JFK and de Gaulle - How America and France Failed in Vietnam, 1961-1963 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,475
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JFK and de Gaulle - How America and France Failed in Vietnam, 1961-1963 (Hardcover): Sean J. Mclaughlin

JFK and de Gaulle - How America and France Failed in Vietnam, 1961-1963 (Hardcover)

Sean J. Mclaughlin

Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace

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Despite French President Charles de Gaulle's persistent efforts to constructively share French experience and use his resources to help engineer an American exit from Vietnam, the Kennedy administration responded to de Gaulle's peace initiatives with bitter silence and inaction. The administration's response ignited a series of events that dealt a massive blow to American prestige across the globe, resulting in the deaths of over fifty-eight thousand American soldiers and turning hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese citizens into refugees. This history of Franco-American relations during the Kennedy presidency explores how and why France and the US disagreed over the proper western strategy for the Vietnam War. France clearly had more direct political experience in Vietnam, but France's postwar decolonization cemented Kennedy's perception that the French were characterized by a toxic mixture of short-sightedness, stubbornness, and indifference to the collective interests of the West. At no point did the Kennedy administration give serious consideration to de Gaulle's proposals or entertain the notion of using his services as an honest broker in order to disengage from a situation that was rapidly spiraling out of control. Kennedy's Francophobia, the roots of which appear in a selection of private writings from Kennedy's undergraduate years at Harvard, biased his decision-making. The course of action Kennedy chose in 1963, a rejection of the French peace program, all but handcuffed Lyndon Johnson into formally entering a war he knew the United States had little chance of winning.

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Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
Country of origin: United States
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
Release date: August 2019
Authors: Sean J. Mclaughlin
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7774-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
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LSN: 0-8131-7774-X
Barcode: 9780813177748

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