aus dem vorwort: nineteen forty-five is the most important year in the modern history of vietnam. a thousand years of dynastic politics and monarchist ideology came to an end, never to be retrived. eight decades of french rule lay shattered, although its restoration remained an ominous possibility. five years of japanese military occupation ceased. allied leaders in faraway potsdam determined that chinese troops would take the japanese surrender in indochina north of the 16 parallel, while british forces did likewise south of that line. even though the united states remained aloof from these occupation tasks, its influence on the course of events was substantial.

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