JFK and de Gaulle: How America and France Failed in Vietnam, 1961-1963 (Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace)

by Sean J. McLaughlin

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Despite French President Charles de Gaulle's persistent efforts to constructively share French experience and use his resources to help engineer an American exit from Vietnam, the Kennedy administration responded to de Gaulle's peace initiatives with bitter silence and inaction. The administration's response ignited a series of events that dealt a massive blow to American prestige across the globe, resulting in the deaths of over fifty-eight thousand American soldiers and turning hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese citizens into refugees. This history of Franco-American relations during the Kennedy presidency explores how and why France and the US disagreed over the proper...Read more
  • ISBN10 081317774X
  • ISBN13 9780813177748
  • Publish Date 20 August 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint The University Press of Kentucky
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 296
  • Language English