Vietnam 1946: How the War Began Volume 3 Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition
by Stein Tonnesson; Foreword by Philippe Devillers
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"Vietnam 1946 is a masterful narrative of the immediate origins of the first Vietnam War. It is, by turns, vivid and shocking; it is always immensely revealing. Tnnesson brings forensic clarity to crucial events about which, even now, some sixty years later, fundamental misapprehensions exist. An outstanding work of scholarship of major international importance."--Martin Thomas, author of Empires of Intelligence
"Tnnesson captures brilliantly the 1946 confrontation between two republics: France determined to redeem itself from Axis humiliation by regaining Indochina; Vietnam equally determined to retake independence after eighty years of colonial servitude. Tnnesson also demonstrates, however, that some leaders on each side really wanted a peaceful, mutually beneficial outcome. Descent into full-scale war was not inevitable. This is a carefully researched, clearly written analysis of a vital moment in the 20th century history of both countries. It is also a meditation on the elusive boundary between free will and determinism in human affairs."--David Marr, author of Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945
"Stein Tnnesson's Vietnam 1946 answers the fundamental question about the first of Vietnam's 20th century wars, the one fought against the French: how did it happen? He has written a meticulously researched account which restores their contingency to the events. The first Indochina war, like those that succeeded it, was not inevitable and Tnnesson explains why and how it happened anyway."--Marilyn Young, author of The Vietnam Wars 1945-1990
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- Title Vietnam 1946: How the War Began Volume 3
- Author Stein Tonnesson; Foreword by Philippe Devillers
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 392
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
- Date 2009-11-03
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780520256026 / 0520256026
- Weight 1.49 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9.36 x 6.52 x 1.11 in (23.77 x 16.56 x 2.82 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Historical
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: French
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Library of Congress subjects Indochinese War, 1946-1954, Vietnam - History - 1945-1975
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009011530
- Dewey Decimal Code 959.704
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Citations
- Choice, 04/01/2010, Page 0
- Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/20/2009, Page 21
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