LEADER 05878oam 2200697I 450 001 9910970469803321 005 20251117084811.0 010 $a1-136-27334-4 010 $a1-283-58659-2 010 $a9786613899040 010 $a1-136-27335-2 010 $a0-203-11004-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203110041 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241482 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24220401 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000744299 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11473457 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000744299 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10843216 035 $a(PQKB)10404038 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3060985 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3060985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10596224 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389904 035 $a(OCoLC)922958998 035 $a(OCoLC)809409645 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241482 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe end of the First Indochina War $ea global history /$fJames Waite 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 299 pages ) $cmaps 225 1 $aRoutledge studies on history and globalization ;$v3 225 0$aRoutledge studies on history and globalization ;$v3 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 08$a0-415-88684-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEscalation 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". 330 $aThe 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. 330 $bThe 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 center of the Cold War in the mid-1950s. Arguing that the Indochina War cannot be understood as a topic of Franco-US relations, but ought to be treated as international history, this volume brings in Vietnamese and other global agents, including New Zealand, Australia, and especially Britain, as well as China and the Soviet Union. Importantly, the book also argues that the successful French withdrawal from Vietnam - a political defeat for the Eisenhower administration - helped to avert outright warfare between the major powers, although with very mixed results for the inhabitants of Vietnam who faced partition and further bloodshed. The End of the First Indochina War explores the complexities of intra-alliance competition over global strategy - especially between the United States and British Commonwealth - arguing that these rivalries are as important to understanding the Cold War as east-west confrontation. This is the first truly global interpretation of the French defeat in 1954, based on the author's research in five western countries and the latest scholarship from historians of Vietnam, China, and Russia. Readers will find much that is new both in terms of archival revelations and original interpretations. 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 center of the Cold War in the mid-1950s. Arguing that the Indochina War cannot be understood as a topic of Franco-US relations, but ought to be treated as international history, this volume brings in Vietnamese and other global agents, including New Zealand, Australia, and especially Britain, as well as China and the Soviet Union. Importantly, the book also argues that the successful French withdrawal from Vietnam - a political defeat for the Eisenhower administration - helped to avert outright warfare between the major powers, although with very mixed results for the inhabitants of Vietnam who faced partition and further bloodshed. The End of the First Indochina War explores the complexities of intra-alliance competition over global strategy - especially between the United States and British Commonwealth - arguing that these rivalries are as important to understanding the Cold War as east-west confrontation. This is the first truly global interpretation of the French defeat in 1954, based on the author's research in five western countries and the latest scholarship from historians of Vietnam, China, and Russia. Readers will find much that is new both in terms of archival revelations and original interpretations. 410 0$aRoutledge studies on history and globalization ;$v3. 606 $aIndochinese War, 1946-1954$xPeace 606 $aIndochinese War, 1946-1954$xDiplomatic history 606 $aWorld politics$y1945-1955 615 0$aIndochinese War, 1946-1954$xPeace. 615 0$aIndochinese War, 1946-1954$xDiplomatic history. 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a959.704/12 700 $aWaite$b James$f1976-,$01878215 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970469803321 996 $aThe end of the First Indochina War$94490808 997 $aUNINA