The Road to War

The Road to WarHow did France become embroiled in Vietnam, in the first of long wars of decolonization? And why did the French colonial administration, in late 1946, having negotiated with Ho Chi Minh for a year, adopt a warlike stance towards Ho's rgime which ran counter to the liberal colonial doctrine of liberated France? Based on French archival sources, almost all of them previously unavailable to the English speaking reader, the author assesses the policy that

Drawing on contemporary political theorists

Starting in New York

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They cannot achieve all three objectives simultaneously and the growing tensions between them are being played out in countries across the world

Its several hundred pages treat topics as diverse as Greek drama

the essays reflect the state of the art of medieval French and Occitan studies and Romance linguistics

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and cultural leaders as well as internationally renowned experts on German affairs contribute to this volume

in the late eighties

demonstrating the possibility of diverse applications of Kant's views