Vietnam and the Cold War 1945-1954
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Vietnam and the Cold War 1945-1954

French Imperial Decline and Defeat at Dien Bien Phu

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Vietnam and the Cold War 1945-1954

French Imperial Decline and Defeat at Dien Bien Phu

About this book

A forensic study of Vietnam's war, imperial history and international relations in the years following the Second World War. A forensic study of war, imperial history and international relations, following the Second World War and leading into the Cold War and defeat of Western imperialism in Asia. And above all, the story of the pivotal battle and French defeat at Dien Bien Phu. It shows France's revanchist attempt to regain imperial 'glory' in her former Asian empire following humiliation in the Second World War - defeat and Vichy. The effort was spurred by de Galle's chauvinism and desire to recover France's honour and reputation, after so many humiliations by friend and foe. The Communist led Vietminh, were guided to victory by ruthless revolutionary Ho Chi Min - far from the attractive 'Uncle Ho' who is revered as a communist saint in contrast to louche playboy emperor Bao Dai – and the very able General Giap. Communist strength in rural Vietnam society - the Vietminh represented a nation in arms – was backed by supplies from Communist China and the Soviet Union. It was an existential struggle on the French side - the end of cafe society, and the gravy train for planters, officials, the military, and politicians. Military matters including General Giap's strategy and tactics are analyzed in detail, but it was a 'soldiers' war', told at ground-level, and readers will feel the heat and fear of battle, be shocked at war crimes, and intrigued by the tales of Graham Greene et al. The global importance was not lost on the powers following exhaustion from world war and in the shadow of the Cold War. All great leaders were involved, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Churchill, Stalin, Khruschev, Chou En-Lai and Mao Zedong, Under the shadow of the A bomb, a negotiated peace and first detent of the Cold War would end in the sumptuous salons of Geneva.

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Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword Military
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781526789303
Topic
Histoire
Subtopic
Histoire de la France

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. toc
  5. CHAPTER I Parachutes Blooming, and the Origins of French Indochina
  6. CHAPTER II The Origins and Beginnings of French Imperialism in Indochina
  7. CHAPTER III Statesmen
  8. CHAPTER IV French Terror
  9. CHAPTER V War and Revolution 1940–45
  10. CHAPTER VI War and Peace
  11. CHAPTER VII The Time of Grenades
  12. CHAPTER VIII France and the Home Front
  13. CHAPTER IX International Communist Politics
  14. CHAPTER X Route Coloniale 4, October 1950
  15. CHAPTER XI Enter General Lattre de Tassigny
  16. CHAPTER XII Giáp’s New Strategic Directions – Death of Stalin – Land Reform
  17. CHAPTER XIII Genevieve’s War
  18. CHAPTER XIV Lao – France’s Achilles Heel and the Navarre Plan
  19. CHAPTER XV Theatre of Battle, Strategies, and the Road to Bermuda
  20. CHAPTER XVI A Nation on the March
  21. CHAPTER XVII The Battle of Dien Bien Phu, 13 March 1954
  22. CHAPTER XVIII The Second General Offensive
  23. CHAPTER XIX The Third General Offensive, 30 April
  24. CHAPTER XX Prisoners
  25. Appendix I: Casualties
  26. Appendix II: Military Assessment of the French Indochina War
  27. Abbreviations and Basic explanations, Including Ideological Terms
  28. Notes
  29. Bibliography
  30. Plates