T.O. SMITH Associate Professor in the Department of History and Political Science at Huntington University, USA. He is the author of Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War: UK Policy Towards Indo-China 1943-50 (2007), he is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

'Smith has succeeded in producing a readable and sophisticated analysis that sheds new light not only on Churchill's conception of the Anglo-American special relationship, but also on the origins of the Vietnam War.' - Simon C. Smith, American Historical Review

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Map of Southeast Asia Introduction Churchill's Conundrum Churchill's Conceit Churchill's Isolation Churchill's Realignment Trusteeship's Denouement Epilogue Conclusion Select Chronology Select Personalia Bibliography Index

T.O. SMITH Associate Professor in the Department of History and Political Science at Huntington University, USA. He is the author of Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War: UK Policy Towards Indo-China 1943-50 (2007), he is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

'Smith has succeeded in producing a readable and sophisticated analysis that sheds new light not only on Churchill's conception of the Anglo-American special relationship, but also on the origins of the Vietnam War.' - Simon C. Smith, American Historical Review

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Map of Southeast Asia Introduction Churchill's Conundrum Churchill's Conceit Churchill's Isolation Churchill's Realignment Trusteeship's Denouement Epilogue Conclusion Select Chronology Select Personalia Bibliography Index

T.O. SMITH Associate Professor in the Department of History and Political Science at Huntington University, USA. He is the author of Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War: UK Policy Towards Indo-China 1943-50 (2007), he is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

'Smith has succeeded in producing a readable and sophisticated analysis that sheds new light not only on Churchill's conception of the Anglo-American special relationship, but also on the origins of the Vietnam War.' - Simon C. Smith, American Historical Review

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Map of Southeast Asia Introduction Churchill's Conundrum Churchill's Conceit Churchill's Isolation Churchill's Realignment Trusteeship's Denouement Epilogue Conclusion Select Chronology Select Personalia Bibliography Index