{"product_id":"the-road-to-war-france-and-vietnam-1944-1947-9781571811493","title":"The Road to War: France and Vietnam 1944-1947","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tHow did France become embroiled in Vietnam, in the first of long wars of decolonization? And why did the French colonial administration, in late 1946, having negotiated with Ho Chi Minh for a year, adopt a warlike stance towards Ho's régime which ran counter to the liberal colonial doctrine of liberated France? Based on French archival sources, almost all of them previously unavailable to the English-speaking reader, the author assesses the policy that emerged from the 1944 Brazzaville conference; and the doomed attempt to apply that policy in Indo-China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... this is an important book ... If I have gone on so long, it is out of enthusiasm for the story Shipway has to tell and the skillful way he tells it. This book is extremely well written, and I found reading it almost effortless ... I recommend this book to anyone interested in the origins of what may one day be considered the second thirty-years war of our 'short' century.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · H-Net Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... an important contribution to understanding the tangled and tragic unfolding of the modern history of Indochina.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... in this absorbing study, Martin Shipway examines one of France's most catastrophic colonial miscalculations.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Modern and Contemporary France\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... Well researched, clearly written and solidly argued, this study poses new questions, opens the possibility of larger comparisons ...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · The Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tNote on Text\u003cbr\u003e \tAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e \tMap of Indochina, 1945\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: THE EXTERNAL AND DOMESTIC PARAMETERS OF COLONIAL POLICY MAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Brazzaville Conference and its Origins, 1940-1944: Policy Formulation and Myth Making on the Congo\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Republic Strikes Back, 1944-1945: Brazzaville Policy and the Metropolitan Critique\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e 'We are in the Midst of Colonial Crisis': The Response to International and Colonial Change\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Domestic Parameters of Colonial Policy Making after the Liberation, 1944-1946\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: POLICY MAKING IN INDOCHINA AND ITS BREAKDOWN, 1945-1947\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Calculating the Stakes: Brazzaville Policy and the 'Return' to Indochina, December 1943-September 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Primacy of Action: From the 'Return' to Saigon, October 1945, to the Signing of the Accords of 6 March 1946\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Who Rules: Paris or Saigon? The Dalat Conference and the Cochinchina Policy, March-June 1946\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e 'A Round of the Battle we are Fighting': The Fontainebleau Conference, June-Septe,ber 1946\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Narrowing of French Policy Options, Autumn 1946: The Accords Policy Abandoned?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e 'The Tonkin Vespers', December 1946: Burying the Accords Policy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix I:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Administrative Structure of the French Empire, 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix II: \u003c\/strong\u003eChronology of Events in France and Indochina, 1944-1947\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041410613591,"sku":"9781571811493","price":25.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571811493.jpg?v=1750950163","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-road-to-war-france-and-vietnam-1944-1947-9781571811493","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}