That America was drawn into the Vietnam War by the French has been recognized, but rarely explored. This book analyzes the years from 1945 with the French milit

That America was drawn into the Vietnam War by the French has been recognized, but rarely explored. This book analyzes the years from 1945 with the French milit

Using recently released archival materials from the United States and Europe, Replacing France: The Origins of American Intervention in Vietnam explains how and

An overview of the Vietnam War, with an emphasis on its military campaigns and political issues.

Despite French President Charles de Gaulle's persistent efforts to constructively share French experience and use his resources to help engineer an American exi