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Waite, James, 1976-

The end of the First Indochina War : a global history / End of the 1st Indochina War James Waite. - x, 299 pages : maps ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies on history and globalization ; 3 . - Routledge studies on history and globalization ; 3. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Escalation 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.".

ISBN: 0415886848 9780415886840

LCCN: 2012000176

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Geneva Conference (1954)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indochinese War, 1946-1954--Peace
Indochinese War, 1946-1954--Diplomatic history
World politics--1945-1955

LC Class. No.: DS553.6 / .W35 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 959.70412