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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786228903321

Autore

Marr David G

Titolo

Vietnam [[electronic resource] ] : state, war, revolution, 1945-1946 / / David G. Marr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013

ISBN

0-520-95497-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (744 p.)

Collana

From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective ; ; 6

Disciplina

959.704/1

Soggetti

Indochinese War, 1946-1954

Vietnam (Democratic Republic) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Forming the DRV Government -- 2. The Government at Work -- 3. Defense -- 4. Peace or War? -- 5. Seeking Foreign Friends -- 6. Material Dreams and Realities -- 7. Dealing with Domestic Opposition -- 8. The Indochinese Communist Party and the Viêt Minh -- 9 Mass Mobilization -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Sources -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 mutually advantageous relationship with France, but meanwhile told his lieutenants to plan for a war in which the nascent state might have to survive without allies. In this landmark study, David Marr evokes the uncertainty and contingency as well as coherence and momentum of fast-paced events. Mining recently accessible sources in Aix-en-Provence and Hanoi, Marr explains what became the largest, most intense mobilization of human resources ever seen in Vietnam.