JOURNAL ARTICLE

Book Review: The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam by Christopher Goscha.

  • Published In: War in History, 2023, v. 30, n. 3. P. 349 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Moir, Nathaniel L. 3 of 3

Abstract

In a second key concept, Goscha uses the term "War Communism" to articulate how Chinese support after 1949 enabled the Viet Minh to "take the war to the French and remake their state in communist ways at the same time" (p. 10). Goscha demonstrated how war made the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) and how the DRV waged war against neocolonialism after the Second World War. Utilizing Vietnamese, French, and Cambodian archival sources, Goscha also revealed how the Viet Minh inflicted Stalin-like brutality on their people to ensure compliance with its disastrous communist policy through land reform in 1953 and, eventually, collectivization in 1956. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:War in History. 2023/07, Vol. 30, Issue 3, p349
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Military History and Science
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0968-3445
  • DOI:10.1177/09683445231183773g
  • Accession Number:169805053
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