Vietnam : state, war, revolution, 1945-1946

Author(s)

• Marr, David G.

Bibliographic Information

Vietnam : state, war, revolution, 1945-1946

David G. Marr

（From Indochina to Vietnam : revolution and war in a global perspective / edited by Fredrik Logevall and Christopher E. Goscha, 6）（A Philip E. Lilienthal book）

University of California Press, c2013

• : cloth

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 689-699) and index

Summary: "Marr's previous book, Vietnam 1945, ends on 2 September when big crowds gathered in Hanoi and Saigon to celebrate Vietnamese independence. This book focuses on the next sixteen months, when Vietnam's future course was determined. It recreates in vivid detail what it was like to be there in these dramatic postcolonial moments as the Japanese, British and Americans faded from view, the DRV began to function and establish an army, the French maneuvered to restore colonialism, but the beginnings of the Cold War swept Vietnam into its orbit with the Chinese Red Army victories and Chinese arms on the border. As with his other books Marr pioneers the history of war from the Vietnamese perspective"--Provided by publisher

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Amidst the revolutionary euphoria of August 1945, most Vietnamese believed that colonialism and war were being left behind in favor of independence and modernization. The late-September British-French coup de force in Saigon cast a pall over such assumptions. Ho Chi Minh tried to negotiate a mutually advantageous relationship with France, but meanwhile told his lieutenants to plan for a war in which the nascent state might have to survive without allies. In this landmark study, David Marr evokes the uncertainty and contingency as well as coherence and momentum of fast-paced events. Mining recently accessible sources in Aix-en-Provence and Hanoi, Marr explains what became the largest, most intense mobilization of human resources ever seen in Vietnam.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Foreword Preface Introduction 1. Forming the DRV Government 2. The Government at Work 3. Defense 4. Peace or War? 5. Seeking Foreign Friends 6. Material Dreams and Realities 7. Dealing with Domestic Opposition 8. The Indochinese Communist Party and the Vie?t Minh 9. Mass Mobilization Epilogue Notes Sources Index

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Details

• NCID: BB13004708
• ISBN:
  • 9780520274150
• LCCN: 2012036193
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berkeley
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 721 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS560.6
  • DC23 : 959.704/1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Vietnam (Democratic Republic) -- History
  • LCSH : Indochinese War, 1946-1954
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA71966003
  • BA03887253