Britain and the Origin of the Vietnam War

Contents
List of Maps ix
Acknowledgements x
List of Abbreviations xi
Introduction 1
1 Churchill and Roosevelt, January 1943–July 1945 4
Trusteeship and French participation in the war in the Far East 7
Inter-theatre rivalry 21
Resolution 31
A lost opportunity 33
2 Liberation, July 1945–March 1946 37
Vietnam 38
Cambodia 53
The Cambodian-Siamese border dispute 58
Rice and relief 63
Military aid 68
The co-ordination of British policy 72
3 Lord Killearn, March 1946–May 1948 74
Vietnam 75
The Cambodian-Siamese border dispute 85
Rice, relief and regionalism 88
Military aid 95
The rebranding of British policy 99
4 The Winds of Change, May 1948–January 1950 101
Indo-China 102
Rice, relief, regionalism and military aid 117
The escalation of a crisis 130
5 Consequences, January–June 1950 132
The blend of Britain’s Indo-Chinese and regional policies 133
British policy denouement 157
Conclusion 159
Britain 159
France 163
The US 164
Summary 166
Select Personalia 167
Notes 171
Bibliography 212
Index 224

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