On May 8th 1954 the French stronghold of Dienbienphu, in Vietnam, fell to the forces of Ho Chi Minh, ending 80 years of French rule. Dienbienphu is generally viewed as the beginning of the escalating involvement that led America into its longest war. In fact, Dienbienphu was merely the middle of a protracted struggle for Vietnam, a diplomatic struggle that had begun in 1941, as World War II raged. In this book, the author draws on documents never before analyzed, painting a complex picture of diplomatic manoeuvre and colonial ambition.
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Gardner concentrates on high-level discussions between U.S., French and British leaders over "the Indo-china problem," an issue that concerned President Franklin Roosevelt even before Pearl Harbor. Quoting liberally from bilateral and trilateral conferences and government memoranda, the study traces the gradual shift from FDR's righteous anticolonial intentions with regard to French hegemony in Southeast Asia to the self-righteous "nation-building" policy of the Eisenhower-Dulles erathe latter based on a conviction that "the American Revolution could be exported, materially and spiritually, to benefit the world." The study is best described in the author's own words: it is "about the way American policymakers perceived Vietnam within the outlines of a global vision." The Final Declarations of the 1954 Geneva Conference, plus the official U.S. response, are reprinted in the appendix. Gardner is the author of Safe for Democracy: The Anglo-American Response to Revolution.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Lloyd C. Gardner is the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author and editor of more than a dozen books, including Three Kings and The Long Road to Baghdad. He lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
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Great Book,
This review is from: Approaching Vietnam: From World War II through Dienbienphu (Paperback)
Stunnning work! Great factual basis for anyone wishing to research the French Vietnam War.
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