Building Ho's army Chinese military assistance to North Vietnam
"The Chinese have a decades long history of aiding the Vietnamese through military training, strategic advising, and monetary means. As a communist state bordering Vietnam, China actively supported Ho Chi Minh's wars against France from 1950 - 1954 and against America from 1965 - 1970. Eve...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky
[2019]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42570888*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Vietnamese request and Chinese intention
- Ho's China connection
- Advisors and aid
- Infantry rearmament, training, and operations
- Control and campaigns
- New standards, strategy, and artillery
- Dien Bien Phu: the taste of victory
- Postwar transformation and new geopolitics
- Conclusion: conflict and cooperation: friend or foe?
