Download or read book Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War written by T. Smith and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2007-08-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Using archival and private papers from Britain and France, Smith argues that Britain did not unilaterally restore Indo-China to France following World War II but pursued an active interest in Vietnamese and Cambodian affairs for strategic and humanitarian reasons. Smith offers anew defence of the controversial actions of the British liberation force commander, Major-General Douglas Gracey, and contrasts British and French attitudes towards Asian nationalism and the common problem of communism. This Anglocentric study produces a new insight into British foreign and imperial policy during the formative years of the Vietnam War."--BOOK JACKET.