The Indochinese experience of the French and the Americans : nationalism and communism in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
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The Indochinese experience of the French and the Americans : nationalism and communism in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
Indiana University Press, c2001
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  Miyagi
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  Yamagata
  Fukushima
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"Dommen's book promises to be the definitive political history of Indochina during the Franco-American era." -William M. Leary,
E. Merton Coulter Professor of History, University of Georgia
This magisterial study by Arthur J. Dommen sets the Indochina wars 'French and American' in perspective as no book that has come before. He summarizes the history of the peninsula from the Vietnamese War of Independence from China in 930-39 through the first French military actions in 1858, when the struggle of the peoples of Indochina with Western powers began.
Dommen details the crucial episodes in the colonization of Indochina by the French and the indigenous reaction to it. The struggle for national sovereignty reached an acute state at the end of World War II, when independent governments rapidly assumed power in Vietnam and Cambodia. When the French returned, the struggle became one of open warfare, with Nationalists and Communists gripped in a contest for ascendancy in Vietnam, while the rulers of Cambodia and Laos sought to obtain independence by negotiation.
The withdrawal of the French after their defeat at Dien Bien Phu brought the Indochinese face-to-face, whether as friends or as enemies, with the Americans. In spite of an armistice in 1954, the war between Hanoi and Saigon resumed as each enlisted the help of foreign allies, which led to the renewed loss of sovereignty as a result of alliances and an increasingly heavy loss of lives. Meticulous and detailed, Dommen's telling of this complicated story is always judicious. Nevertheless, many people will find his analysis of the Diem coup a disturbing account of American plotting and murder.
This is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand Vietnam and the people who fought against the United States and won.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Arrival of the French (1859-1893)
2. Dealing with the French (1893-Aug. 30, 1945)
3. The Rise of Nationalist Feeling and the Suppression of the Nationalists (Aug. 30, 1945-Dec. 1946)
4. The Growth of Foreign Intervention (Dec. 1946-July 20, 1954)
5. The Crucible of Nationalism (July 20, 1954-1957)
6. The Decline of the Nationalists (1958-1960)
7. The Nationalists Struggle Against Great Odds (1961-1963)
8. Americanization of the War (1965-1968)
9. The End of the Non-Communist Nationalists (1969-1973)
10. The Party Center Triumphant (1973-1999)
Conclusion
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