Embers of War

This work presents a narrative of transition which, in the words of the author, aims to tell ‘the story of one power’s demise in Indochina and the arrival of another’. Since the late 1990s Fredrik Logevall has developed an expertise in the conflicts of post-Second World War Vietnam, and while his previous works have tended to focus on US involvement in the origins of America’s war, he has always been concerned to situate such involvement in its proper international context. The same care exhibited here ensures that this book offers much more than an account of increasing American involvement. Indeed, the real strength of the work is to be found in the history of the First Indochina War which lies at its core. Focusing most heavily on diplomatic, political and military aspects, Logevall presents a quarter of a century of conflict through an international lens, incorporating not only the Vietnamese, French and American perspectives, but the Soviet, Chinese and British as well

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