Research Catalog

Title

American-Vietnamese relations in the wake of war : diplomacy after the capture of Saigon, 1975-1979 / Cécile Menétrey-Monchau.

Author

Menétrey-Monchau, Cécile, 1978-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.

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Details

Description

viii, 308 p.; 26 cm.

Summary

"This book describes the postwar negotiations between Washington and Hanoi during the late Ford and early Carter administrations. It discusses the repercussions the diplomatic stalemate had on the domestic and international politics of the United States and Vietnam, emphasizing the conflicting priorities and political goals of both countries, at home and abroad"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam
• Vietnam > Foreign relations > United States
• United States > Foreign relations > 1974-1977
• United States > Foreign relations > 1977-1981

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. Ford and Vietnam's Peace -- A new start for Vietnam and a first opening to Washington -- Hanoi and Saigon's application for membership to the United Nations -- Adapting to a new environment: Vietnamese policies and Ford's election campaign -- II. The Advent of the Carter Years -- The Fourth Party Congress -- The New Socialist Man, the New American Man and the New China -- The Woodcock Mission -- III. Talks Turn Cold -- The Paris Negotiations (January-May 1977) -- The Nixon Letter -- Background to the Nixon Letter -- The Paris Negotiations (June and December 1977) -- The Spying Affair -- IV. Cold War Clash -- Brotherhood turns sour -- Vietnam changes its mind -- The Hoa Crisis -- Vietnam's dual opening to Moscow and Washington -- Brzezinski's growing influence and his visit to China -- Consequences of the Brzezinski trip to China on the NSC perception of the Sino-Cambodian-Vietnamese conflicts -- V. Reversal in U.S. Foreign Policy -- Vietnam's American Card -- The Thach Delegation to New York -- The drawing of camps -- Normalization with Peking -- VI. Winning the Third Vietnam War -- Vietnam invades Cambodia -- Deng's visit to the United States -- China's lesson on Vietnam.

ISBN

• 0786423986 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 9780786423989

LCCN

^^2006004317

OCLC

63807864

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library