Embers of war : the fall of an empire and the making of America's Vietnam / Fredrik Logevall.
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TextPublication details: New York : Random House, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 839 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780375504426 (acidfree paper)
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Diplomatic history
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Causes
- France -- Colonies -- Asia
- Vietnam -- Colonization
- Vietnam -- Politics and government -- 1945-1975
- United States -- Foreign relations -- France
- France -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
- Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States
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- DS553.1 L64 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: A Vietnamese in Paris -- pt. 1. Liberations, 1940-1945 -- "The Empire is With Us!" -- The Anti-Imperialist -- Crossroads -- "All Men Are Created Equal" -- pt. 2. Colonial Clash, 1946-1949 -- The Warrior Monk -- Conflagration -- War without Fronts -- "If I Accepted These Terms I'd Be a Coward" -- pt. 3. East Meets West, 1949-1953 -- "The Center of the Cold War" -- Attack on the RC4 -- De Lattre's Moment -- The Quiet Englishman -- The Turning Point that Didn't Turn -- Eisenhower in Charge -- Navarre's American Plan -- pt. 4. The Cauldron, 1953-1954 -- The Arena of the Gods -- "We Have the Impression They Are Going to Attack Tonight" -- "Vietnam Is a Part of the World" -- America Wants In -- Dulles versus Eden -- Valley of Tears -- pt. 5. Peace of a Kind, 1954 -- With Friends Like These -- "We Must Go Fast" -- "I Have Seen Destiny Bend to That Will" -- pt. 6. Seizing the Torch, 1954-1959 -- " We Have No Choice But to Win Here" -- Miracle Man -- Things Fall Apart -- Epilogue: A New War.
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