The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis

by M A Lawrence (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $42.77

  To understand the course of the Vietnam wars, it is essential to explore the connections between events within Vietnam and global geopolitical currents in the decade after WWII. This work examines the various dimensions of the struggle between France and Vietnamese revolutionaries that began in 1945 and reached its climax at Dien Bien Phu.