Vietnam 1946 : how the war began /

Stein Tønnesson explores the antecedents of the Vietnam War back to 1946 when at the end of the world war, French administrators returned to their protectorates in South East Asia, & found themselves challenged by a new political nationalism that drew inspiration from the Russian & Chinese r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tønnesson, Stein (Author)
Other Authors: Devillers, Philippe, 1920-2016 (writer of supplemental textual content.)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Series:From Indochina to Vietnam ; v. 3.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=295076
Table of Contents:
  • A clash of republics
  • The Chinese trap
  • Modus vivendi
  • Massacre
  • The French trap
  • Who turned out the lights?
  • If only
  • Glossary.