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Author Calkins, Laura M. (Laura Marie), author.

Title China and the first Vietnam War, 1947-54 / Laura M. Calkins
Published New York : Routledge, 2013
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Description 1 online resource (181 pages)
Series Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 84
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ; 84.
Contents The changing strategies of struggle, 1947-1949 -- Diplomatic recognition and military assistance, January-August 1950 -- Increasing tensions in Sino-Viet Minh relations, August 1950-February 1951 -- The prospect of longer wars, March-April 1951 -- The crises of mid-1951 -- Epilogue : rectification, regroupment and Chinese aid before and after the Geneva Conference, 1952-1954
Summary "Charts the development of the first Vietnam War--the war between the Vietnamese Communists (the Vietminh) and the French colonial power--considering especially how relations between the Vietminh and the Chinese Communists had a profound impact on the course of the war. It shows how the Chinese provided finance, training and weapons to the Vietminh, but how differences about strategy emerged, particularly when China became involved in the Korean War and the subsequent peace negotiations, when the need to placate the United States and to prevent US military involvement in Southeast Asia became a key concern for the Chinese"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Participation, Chinese
Military assistance, Chinese -- Vietnam
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
Diplomatic relations
Military assistance, Chinese
SUBJECT Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
Subject China
Vietnam
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203521342
020352134X
9781134078479
1134078471