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UNINA9910462247303321 |
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Autore |
Waite James <1976-, > |
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Titolo |
The end of the First Indochina War : a global history / / James Waite |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-58659-2 |
9786613899040 |
1-136-27335-2 |
0-203-11004-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 299 pages ) : maps |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies on history and globalization ; ; 3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indochinese War, 1946-1954 - Peace |
Indochinese War, 1946-1954 - Diplomatic history |
World politics - 1945-1955 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Escalation and negotiation, March 1953-May 1954 -- "More important than Korea": background to negotiation -- Defeat in Vietnam? The Battle for Dien Bien Phu -- The Vietnamese confront the Cold War -- Before Geneva: the foundations of western disunity -- In search of a "lesser evil": partition as an idea -- United action averted -- The Geneva Conference on Indochina, May-July 1954 -- The Geneva Conference: the Bidault Phase -- Gouverner, c'est choisir -- The Geneva Conference: the Mend's-France Phase -- The global legacy, July 1954-July 1956 -- Making partition permanent -- Global implications -- Epilogue: "Our offspring". |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The French withdrawal from Vietnam in 1954 was the product of global pressures and triggered significant global consequences. By treating the war as an international issue, this book places Indochina at the centre of the Cold War in the mid-1950s. |
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