Asselin, Pierre

Hanoi's road to the Vietnam War, 1954 - 1965 Pierre Asselin - XIX, 319 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm - From Indochina to Vietnam 7 . - From Indochina to Vietnam 7 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291 - 308) and index

Choosing peace, 1954-1956Changing course, 1957-1959 -- Treading cautiously, 1960 -- Buying time, 1961 -- Exploring neutralization, 1962 -- Choosing war, 1963 -- Waging war, 1964.

"Using new and largely inaccessible Vietnamese sources as well as French, British, Canadian and American archives, Pierre Asselin sheds valuable light on Hanoi's path to war. Step by step the narrative makes Hanoi's revolutionary strategy from the end of the French Indochina War to the start of the Anti-American Resistance Struggle for Reunification and National Salvation (the Vietnam War) transparent. The book reveals how North Vietnamese leaders moved from a cautious policy emphasizing nonviolent political and diplomatic struggle to a far riskier pursuit of military victory"-- "Using new and largely inaccessible Vietnamese sources as well as French, British, Canadian and American archives, Pierre Asselin sheds valuable light on Hanoi's path to war. Step by step the narrative makes Hanoi's revolutionary strategy from the end of the French Indochina War to the start of the Anti-American Resistance Struggle for Reunification and National Salvation (the Vietnam War) transparent. The book reveals how North Vietnamese leaders moved from a cautious policy emphasizing nonviolent political and diplomatic struggle to a far riskier pursuit of military victory"--

9780520276123 cloth, alk. paper

9780520276123

2013015154


Geschichte 1954-1965


Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Causes
Nordvietnam
Vietnamkrieg


Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--Foreign relations
Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--History

DS560.68

959.704/31