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LEADER: 02313cam a22003734a 4500
001 2011034971
003 DLC
005 20130215085331.0
008 110829s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aDS553.1$b.L64 2012
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100 1 $aLogevall, Fredrik,$d1963-
245 10 $aEmbers of war :$bthe fall of an empire and the making of America's Vietnam /$cFredrik Logevall.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2012.
300 $axxii, 839 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: A Vietnamese in Paris -- pt. 1. Liberations, 1940-1945 -- "The Empire is With Us!" -- The Anti-Imperialist -- Crossroads -- "All Men Are Created Equal" -- pt. 2. Colonial Clash, 1946-1949 -- The Warrior Monk -- Conflagration -- War without Fronts -- "If I Accepted These Terms I'd Be a Coward" -- pt. 3. East Meets West, 1949-1953 -- "The Center of the Cold War" -- Attack on the RC4 -- De Lattre's Moment -- The Quiet Englishman -- The Turning Point that Didn't Turn -- Eisenhower in Charge -- Navarre's American Plan -- pt. 4. The Cauldron, 1953-1954 -- The Arena of the Gods -- "We Have the Impression They Are Going to Attack Tonight" -- "Vietnam Is a Part of the World" -- America Wants In -- Dulles versus Eden -- Valley of Tears -- pt. 5. Peace of a Kind, 1954 -- With Friends Like These -- "We Must Go Fast" -- "I Have Seen Destiny Bend to That Will" -- pt. 6. Seizing the Torch, 1954-1959 -- " We Have No Choice But to Win Here" -- Miracle Man -- Things Fall Apart -- Epilogue: A New War.
650 0 $aIndochinese War, 1946-1954.
650 0 $aIndochinese War, 1946-1954$xDiplomatic history.
651 0 $aFrance$xColonies$zAsia.
651 0 $aVietnam$xColonization.
651 0 $aVietnam$xPolitics and government$y1945-1975.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zFrance.
651 0 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zVietnam.
651 0 $aVietnam$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xCauses.