"The Chinese have a decades long history of aiding the Vietnamese through military training, strategic advising, an
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English Pages 283 Year 2019
Table of contents :
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?.