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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793667103321

Autore

McLaughlin Sean J. <1978->

Titolo

JFK and de Gaulle : how America and France failed in Vietnam, 1961-1963 / / Sean J. McLaughlin [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2020

ISBN

0-8131-7777-4

0-8131-7775-8

0-8131-7776-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Collana

Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace

Kentucky scholarship online

Disciplina

959.70432

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States

United States Foreign relations France

France Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1953-1961

United States Foreign relations 1961-1963

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- TItle Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Series Page.

Sommario/riassunto

Despite French President Charles de Gaulle's persistent efforts to constructively share French experience and use his resources to help engineer an American exit from Vietnam, the Kennedy administration responded to de Gaulle's peace initiatives with bitter silence and inaction. The administration's response ignited a series of events that dealt a massive blow to American prestige across the globe, resulting in the deaths of over fifty-eight thousand American soldiers and turning hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese citizens into refugees. This history of Franco-American relations during the Kennedy presidency explores how and why France and the US disagreed over the proper western strategy for the Vietnam War.