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Replacing France : the origins of American intervention in Vietnam / Kathryn C. Statler.
Van Pelt Library DS556.8 .S73 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Statler, Kathryn C., 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam--Politics and government--1945-1975.
- Vietnam.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- United States.
- International relations.
- France--Foreign relations--1945-.
- France.
- United States--Foreign relations--France.
- France--Foreign relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 378 pages : map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2007]
- Summary:
- Using recently released archival materials, Replacing France explains how and why the United States came to assume control as the dominant western power in Vietnam during the 1950s.
- Contents:
- Introduction : The Franco-American alliance and Vietnam
- Part 1. Neither communism nor colonialism, 1950-1954. Decolonization and Cold War ; A death in March ; Negotiating toward Geneva
- Part 2. After Geneva, 1954-1956. The Diem experimen ; The non-elections of 1956 ; From the French to the Americans
- Part 3. War by other means, 1956-1960. Maintaining a presence ; Building a colony
- Conclusion : Replacing France.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-368) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813124407
- 0813124409
- OCLC:
- 77573184
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