From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective – serie
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11 produkter
Assuming the Burden
Europe and the American Commitment to War in Vietnam
Häftad, 2007
412 kr
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This beautifully crafted and solidly researched book explains why and how the United States made its first commitment to Vietnam in the late 1940s. Mark Atwood Lawrence deftly explores the process by which the Western powers set aside their fierce disagreements over colonialism and extended the …
Vietnam 1946
How the War Began
Inbunden, 2009
1058 kr
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Based on multiarchival research conducted over almost three decades, this landmark account tells how a few men set off a war that would lead to tragedy for millions. Stein Tonnesson was one of the first historians to delve into scores of secret French, British, and American political, military, and …
Indochina
An Ambiguous Colonization, 1858-1954
Av Pierre Brocheux, Daniel Hémery m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
316 kr
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Combining new approaches with a groundbreaking historical synthesis, this accessible work is the most thorough and up-to-date general history of French Indochina available in English. Unique in its wide-ranging attention to economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it is the first …
Vietnam 1946
How the War Began
Häftad, 2011
316 kr
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Based on multiarchival research conducted over almost three decades, this landmark account tells how a few men set off a war that would lead to tragedy for millions. Stein Tonnesson was one of the first historians to delve into scores of secret French, British, and American political, military, and …
Catholic Vietnam
A Church from Empire to Nation
Inbunden, 2012
737 kr
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In this important new study, Charles Keith explores the complex position of the Catholic Church in modern Vietnamese history. By demonstrating how French colonial rule allowed for the transformation of Catholic missions in Vietnam into broad and powerful economic and institutional structures, Keith …
Imperial Heights
Dalat and the Making and Undoing of French Indochina
Häftad, 2011
316 kr
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Intended as a reminder of Europe for soldiers and clerks of the empire, the city of Dalat, located in the hills of Southern Vietnam, was built by the French in an alpine locale that reminded them of home. This book uncovers the strange 100-year history of a colonial city that was conceived as a …
Vietnam
State, War, and Revolution (1945–1946)
Inbunden, 2013
759 kr
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Amidst the revolutionary euphoria of August 1945, most Vietnamese believed that colonialism and war were being left behind in favor of independence and modernization. The late-September British-French coup de force in Saigon cast a pall over such assumptions. Ho Chi Minh tried to negotiate a …
Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-1965
Inbunden, 2013
494 kr
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Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War opens in 1954 with the signing of the Geneva accords that ended the eight-year-long Franco-Indochinese War and created two Vietnams. In agreeing to the accords, Ho Chi Minh and other leaders of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam anticipated a new period of peace …
Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-1965
Häftad, 2015
374 kr
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Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War opens in 1954 with the signing of the Geneva accords that ended the eight-year-long Franco-Indochinese War and created two Vietnams. In agreeing to the accords, Ho Chi Minh and other leaders of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam anticipated a new period of peace …
Contesting Indochina
French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War
Inbunden, 2016
882 kr
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How does a nation come to terms with losing a war-especially an overseas war whose purpose is fervently contested? In the years after the war, how does such a nation construct and reconstruct its identity and values? For the French in Indochina, the stunning defeat at Dien Bien Phu ushered in the …
Contesting Indochina
French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War
Häftad, 2016
316 kr
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How does a nation come to terms with losing a war-especially an overseas war whose purpose is fervently contested? In the years after the war, how does such a nation construct and reconstruct its identity and values? For the French in Indochina, the stunning defeat at Dien Bien Phu ushered in the …
