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Author Tønnesson, Stein, author

Title Vietnam 1946 : how the war began / Stein Tønnesson ; with a foreword by Philippe Devillers
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource
Series From Indochina to Vietnam ; 3
From Indochina to Vietnam ; v. 3.
Contents A clash of republics -- The Chinese trap -- Modus vivendi -- Massacre -- The French trap -- Who turned out the lights? -- If only -- Glossary
Summary Stein Tønnesson explores the antecedents of the Vietnam War back to 1946 when at the end of the world war, French administrators returned to their protectorates in South East Asia, & found themselves challenged by a new political nationalism that drew inspiration from the Russian & Chinese revolutions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Indochinese War, 1946-1954.
Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Causes
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
International relations
War -- Causes
Vietnamkrieg
Kriegsursache
Wars.
Indochinakrieg.
Vietnamkrieg.
Kriegsausbruch.
SUBJECT Vietnam -- History -- 1945-1975. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143261
France -- Relations -- Vietnam
Vietnam -- Relations -- France
China -- Relations -- Vietnam
Vietnam -- Relations -- China
Subject China
France
Vietnam
Indo-China.
France.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Devillers, Philippe, 1920-2016, writer of supplemental textual content
LC no. 2009011530
ISBN 0520944607
9780520944602
9780520256026
0520256026
1282359878
9781282359871
9786612359873
6612359870