Ending the Vietnam War : the Vietnamese communists' perspective /
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| Author / Creator: | Ang, Cheng Guan. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. |
| Description: | viii, 198 p. : 1 map ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 14 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5053903 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The Start of Negotiations
- Decision to negotiate
- The Tet Offensive - Phase II
- The start of the talks in Paris
- The Tet Offensive - Phase III
- Le Duc Tho-Harriman private meetings: the first five sessions
- Hiccups and resumption of talks
- The military situation in 1968 reviewed
- The Four-Party Conference begins
- The military situation in early 1969
- Policy differences within the Hanoi leadership
- NLF's ten-point plan and Nixon's eight-point plan
- Establishment of the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRGSVN)
- Stalemate in Paris
- Hanoi and Sino-Soviet relations
- Ho Chi Minh's death and its aftermath
- Military developments in the South
- Military developments in Laos
- The Negotiations in 1969 reviewed
- 2. The Widening War
- The 18th plenary session of the Lao Dong Party
- Reorganising the VPA
- Le Duc Tho-Kissinger first secret meeting (21 Feb 1970)
- Le Duc Tho-Kissinger second secret meeting (16 Mar 1070)
- Communist activities in Cambodia
- The deposition of Sihanouk and its aftermath
- Le Duc Tho-Kissinger third secret meeting (4 April 1970)
- Indochinese Summit conference (24-25 Apr 1970)
- Tensions between the Vietnamese and Cambodian communists
- Military developments in Cambodia
- Le Duan - 'first among equals'
- Xuan Thuy-Kissinger secret meeting (7 Sept 1970)
- Communist military preparations
- Xuan Thuy-Kissinger secret meeting (27 Sept 1970)
- 3. Fighting and Negotiating
- Kissinger's approach rebuffed
- 19th plenary session of the Lao Dong Party
- COSVN Directive No 01/CT71
- Communist Spring-Summer 1971 counter-offensives: Route 9 - southern Laos and Cambodia
- Sino-Vietnamese communist relations
- Communist counter-offensive: Tay Nguyen
- Vietnamese-Cambodian communist relations
- Xuan Thuy-Kissinger meeting (31 May 1971)
- Le Duc Tho-Kissinger meeting (26 June 1971)
- Hanoi's analysis of the situation in mid-1971
- Kissinger's secret visit to Beijing
- Vietnamese communist relations with Beijing and Moscow
- Le Duc Tho-Kissinger meeting (12 July 1971)
- Kissinger's new eight-point plan
- Vietnamese communist relations with Moscow
- Kissinger's second visit to Beijing
- Kissinger's new offer
- Hanoi's analysis of the situation at the end of 1971
- 4. Negotiations at a Standstill
- Secret meetings made public
- Nixon's visit to China
- Communist military preparations
- 20th plenary session of the Lao Dong Party
- The 1972 Easter Offensive
- US air bombing
- Vietnam-Soviet relations
- Le Duc Tho-Kissinger meeting (2 May 1972)
- US-Soviet Summit meeting
- A change of strategy
- 5. The Peace Agreement
- Le Duc Tho-Kissinger meeting (19 July 1972)
- Hanoi's new negotiation strategy
- Le Duc Tho-Kissinger meetings (1 and 14 Aug 1972)
- Vietnamese communist relations with Beijing and Moscow
- Le Duc Tho-Kissinger meeting (15 Sept 1972)
- The 26-27 Sept 1972 intensive negotiations
- Communist plan for 'General Uprising' (4 Oct 1972)
- 8-12 Oct 1972 Negotiations
- Xuan Thuy-Kissinger meeting (17 Oct 1972)
- The Peace Agreement aborted
- Another cycle of negotiations
- Linebacker II and counter offensives
- Another attempt at negotiation
- The Final Agreement
- Laying the groundwork for the Agreement
- 6. An Incomplete Victory
- Communist strategy for the South
- COSVN meeting (16-17 Mar 1973)
- COSVN Directive 3/CT/73
- The journey to Hanoi
- Meeting with Le Duan
- Discussions with Central Military Committee
- Developments in South Vietnam reviewed
- The Politburo meeting of 1 June 1973
- Developments in North Vietnam
- Developments in Laos
- Developments in Cambodia
- Vietnamese communist relations with China and the USSR
- Hanoi, Bejing and the on-going conflict in Cambodia
- COSVN Conference (Sept 1973)
- Military preparations
- Resolution 21 (15 Oct 1973) and COSVN Resolution 12
- Developments in the US7
- Ending the War
- The situation in the South
- Milit