The End of the First Indochina War

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Focusing on the global implications of the French withdrawal from Vietnam in 1954, this book positions the Indochina War within the broader context of the Cold War. It challenges the notion of the conflict as merely Franco-US relations, highlighting the roles of various international actors, including Vietnam, New Zealand, Australia, Britain, China, and the Soviet Union. The narrative contends that the withdrawal, while a political setback for the Eisenhower administration, prevented major power warfare, yet led to partition and ongoing violence for the Vietnamese people.