America's Vietnam War and Its French Connection

Name: America's Vietnam War and Its French Connection
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138208469
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By Frank Cain

Series: Routledge Advances in American History

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America's Vietnam War and Its French Connection by Frank Cain explores the lesser-known French role in drawing the United States into the Vietnam conflict. Covering the period from 1945, when the French sought to reclaim Vietnam, to 1963, the book examines how American military and financial assistance, triggered by the Korean War, bolstered French efforts against Ho Chi Minh's Marxist Vietnam Republic. It argues that the US followed France into a costly war that might have been avoided.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in history, military strategy, and the Vietnam War, particularly those keen on understanding the international dynamics and decisions that led to deepening US involvement.

That America was drawn into the Vietnam War by the French has been recognized, but rarely explored. This book analyzes the years from 1945 with the French military reconquest of Vietnam until 1963 with the execution of the French-endorsed dictator, Ngo Dinh Diem, demonstrating how the US should not have followed the French into Vietnam.

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That America was drawn into the Vietnam War by the French has been recognised, but rarely explored. America's Vietnam War and Its French Connection analyses the years from 1945, with the French military reconquest of Vietnam, until 1963, with the execution of the French-endorsed dictator, Ngo Dinh Diem. It demonstrates how the US should not have followed the French into Vietnam.

It shows how the Korean War triggered the flow of American military hardware and finances to underpin France’s war against the Marxist-oriented Vietnam Republic, led by Ho Chi Minh.

Series: Routledge Advances in American History

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"Frank Cain’s America’s Vietnam War and Its French Connection provides a detailed account of American and French policies toward Vietnam from 1945 to 1963. Relying on extensive research in the American and British National Archives, Cain offers a clear, step-by-step recounting of events that shaped the complex Franco-American relationship and escalated the US involvement in Vietnam." – Kathryn C. Statler, University of San Diego

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138208469

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 December 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 14 Tables, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 453g

Pages: 270

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American & Canadian History Asian History Frank Cain Global History History & Archaeology History & Military Military History Non-Fiction Series: Routledge Advances in American History

About the Author

Frank Cain is a Visiting Fellow at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales in Canberra.

America's Vietnam War and Its French Connection