The Truman Administration and the Restoration of French Sovereignty in Indochina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16529561 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George C Herring (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 97-117 |
| Publication date | 1977-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diplomatic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-2096 • E-ISSN: 1467-7709 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7709.1977.tb00233.x |
| OpenAlex | W2165423136 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 2 |
On May 15, 1954, a week to the day after the fall of Dienbienphu sealed the fate of French colonialism in Southeast Asia, Dean Acheson reminisced about the decisions leading to the return of France to Indochina. At one time, Acheson recalled, he had the “general impression that something was going to be done other than putting the French back in this area. The next thing I new [sic] about it-it was toward the end of ′45, I was Under Secretary, and I suddenly found myself carrying on arbitration between the French who were in Indo-China and the Siamese.”1 Acheson was not directly involved with the formulation of Indochina policy in the summer of 1945, and his knowledge of what had happened was necessarily limited. But his recollection reflects a view that has persisted over the years, that the Truman administration, preoccupied with other matters and uninterested in the fate of Indochina, stood by virtually unnoticing while the French slipped back into their former colony
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| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1978 - 2002 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |