Approaching Vietnam: From World War II through Dienbienphu
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ISBN: 0393305783 / Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, June 1989
The diplomatic origins of the Vietnam conflict are traced from World War II to the final surrender of French forces to Ho Chi Minh's army in 1954
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“An extremely solid history of Indochina in the Viet Minh War era. Essentially a diplomatic history, but one that carefully weaves in developments on the battlefield. Makes use of new knowledge and is a useful corrective to some of the earlier works on the subject by the French. Recommended.” —Douglas Pike, Indochina Chronology
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