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Article: Les Temps modernes and the French war in Indochina.
- Article from:
- Journal of European Studies
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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A moi-meme, menant une bien petite barque sur l'ocean de la guerre, l'Indochine apparaissait alors comme un grand navire desempare que je ne pourrais secourir avant d'avoir longuement reuni les moyens du sauvetage. Le voyant s'eloigner dans la brume, je me jurais a moimeme de le ramener un jour.(1)
Charles de Gaulle's aspirations following the Fall of France in June 1940 were not, however, to be realized. By the end of 1946, the irreconcilable conflict between the French desire to 'bring Indochina back' and the impetus for Vietnamese independence had erupted into a full-blown conflict which was finally resolved by the defeat of the French army seven and a half years ...