LEADER 05751nam 2201069Ia 450 001 9910783314603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4175-8499-8 010 $a0-520-94085-7 010 $a1-59734-474-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520940857 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030780 035 $a(EBL)227281 035 $a(OCoLC)58728529 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000106897 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128713 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106897 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10016245 035 $a(PQKB)10014655 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC227281 035 $a(DE-B1597)520917 035 $a(OCoLC)1110709725 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520940857 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL227281 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10075625 035 $a(dli)HEB06225 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000007009292 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030780 100 $a20040831d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAssuming the burden$b[electronic resource] $eEurope and the American commitment to war in Vietnam /$fMark Atwood Lawrence 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (372 pages) 225 1 $aFrom Indochina to Vietnam : revolution and war in a global perspective ;$vv. 1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-25162-8 311 $a0-520-24315-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContesting Vietnam -- Visions of Indochina and the world -- U.S. assistance and its limits -- Illusions of autonomy -- Constructing Vietnam -- Crisis renewed -- Domestic divides, foreign solutions -- Closing the circle. 330 $aThis beautifully crafted and solidly researched book explains why and how the United States made its first commitment to Vietnam in the late 1940's. Mark Atwood Lawrence deftly explores the process by which the Western powers set aside their fierce disagreements over colonialism and extended the Cold War fight into the Third World. Drawing on an unprecedented array of sources from three countries, Lawrence illuminates the background of the U.S. government's decision in 1950 to send military equipment and economic aid to bolster France in its war against revolutionaries. That decision, he argues, marked America's first definitive step toward embroilment in Indochina, the start of a long series of moves that would lead the Johnson administration to commit U.S. combat forces a decade and a half later. Offering a bold new interpretation, the author contends that the U.S. decision can be understood only as the result of complex transatlantic deliberations about colonialism in Southeast Asia in the years between 1944 and 1950. During this time, the book argues, sharp divisions opened within the U.S., French, and British governments over Vietnam and the issue of colonialism more generally. While many liberals wished to accommodate nationalist demands for self-government, others backed the return of French authority in Vietnam. Only after successfully recasting Vietnam as a Cold War conflict between the democratic West and international communism-a lengthy process involving intense international interplay-could the three governments overcome these divisions and join forces to wage war in Vietnam. One of the first scholars to mine the diplomatic materials housed in European archives, Lawrence offers a nuanced triangulation of foreign policy as it developed among French, British, and U.S. diplomats and policymakers. He also brings out the calculations of Vietnamese nationalists who fought bitterly first against the Japanese and then against the French as they sought their nation's independence. Assuming the Burden is an eloquent illustration of how elites, operating outside public scrutiny, make decisions with enormous repercussions for decades to come. 410 0$aFrom Indochina to Vietnam ;$vv. 1. 606 $aIndochinese War, 1946-1954 607 $aIndochina$xHistory$y1945- 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zFrance 607 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zVietnam 607 $aVietnam$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zFrance 610 $a20th century american history. 610 $a20th century french history. 610 $a20th century global history. 610 $a20th century vietnamese history. 610 $aamerican government. 610 $aamerican military. 610 $aautonomy. 610 $acold war. 610 $acolonialism. 610 $aconstructing vietnam. 610 $adomestic divide. 610 $aforeign policy. 610 $afrance. 610 $agovernment and governing. 610 $ahistory. 610 $aindochina. 610 $ainternational communism. 610 $amen at war. 610 $amilitary. 610 $anationalism. 610 $apolitical. 610 $apolitics. 610 $asoutheast asia. 610 $athird world. 610 $aunited states of america. 610 $avietnam war. 610 $avietnam. 610 $avietnamese nationalists. 610 $awestern powers. 615 0$aIndochinese War, 1946-1954. 676 $a959.704/12 700 $aLawrence$b Mark Atwood$0480809 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783314603321 996 $aAssuming the Burden$91768475 997 $aUNINA