China and Vietnam Wars 1950-1975

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This book is about China and the two Vietnam Wars, as the title implies. It concerns China's active engagement in every step of Vietnam's independence fight, including war and peace talks, from 1950 to 1975. Qiang Zhai, who has written numerous essays on the issue, believes in this new research that Chinese help was significant and necessary for Vietnam's ultimate triumph against the French as well as its eventual success in pushing out the Americans. Chinese support, on the other hand, was not given without regard for its own self-interest. In Indochina, the Chinese cooperation attitude was tempered by heightened vigilance against the Vietnamese hegemonic inclination. Zhai discloses, analyzes, and assesses China's reasons in its Indochina strategy, as well as its goals and limits, by setting Sino-Vietnam ties in "historical, internal, and international contexts" (p. 1). Zhai provides us a history of the Vietnam Wars that has never been thoroughly examined before—a history that underlines the Chinese link. Zhai is heavily reliant on materials from China, many of which have never been utilized before.
The nine chapters that follow a preface by John Lewis Gaddis and a brief introduction are organized chronologically, although they don't only retell events from the past. Rather, the book provides a scholarly study that aims to shed light on China and Vietnam's complicated relationship—one marked by collaboration, disagreement, treachery, and, eventually, bloodshed. This study is conducted in the setting of a global Cold War involving China, Vietnam, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Zhai investigates Mao's ideals and objectives, as well as how they were carried out by his loyalists, with a focus on China's reasons and behavior. This examination of China's actions over a twenty-five-year period gives new insight on the ideological, political, and personal motivations that shaped China's Indochina strategy.
Numerous armed engagements erupted in various regions of the world during the second half of the twentieth century. They are traditionally seen to be the result of the Cold War and the fight for dominance between two superpowers and their allies. The Korean War, countless military actions in the Middle East, and the Vietnam War were all pre-empted by ideological clashes and refusal to compromise on both sides. Furthermore, the repercussions of these battles lasted for a long time in the places that experienced them. For example, Vietnam was embroiled in multiple conflicts with powerful adversaries, beginning with the United States and ending with China. The first battle is famous for its tragic effects and widespread media coverage. At the same time, the rivalry between China and Vietnam, often known as the Third Vietnam War, is frequently overlooked. As a result, Kissinger goes into the subject in his book, highlighting the most crucial parts of the struggle.
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