Black Flags in Vietnam: The Story of a Chinese Intervention

313 Pages·2023·37.464 MB·English

by  Henry McAleavy

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BLACK FLAGS IN VIETNAM

BLACK FLAGS IN VIETNAM
The Story of a Chinese Intervention
HENRY McALEAVY
First published in 1968 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd
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ISBN: 978-1-032-41054-8 (Set)
ISBN: 978-1-032-44466-6 (Volume 3) (hbk)
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DOI: 10.4324/9781003372325
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BLACK FLAGS
IN VIETNAM
the story of a Chinese intervention
by
HENRY McALEAVY
ILLUSTRATED
London
GEORGE ALLEN AND UNWIN LTD
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1968
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The publishers wish to thank the following for permission
to reproduce pictures in this book:
The Radio Times Hulton Picture Library—nos. 5, 7,133,
i3b, 143, i6a.
The Trustees of the British Museum—nos. 6b, 8.
The Mansell Collection—nos. 9, n, 12,14b.
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PREFACE
There can be no doubt that the interest and alarm with
which the western world is following the war hi Vietnam are
due almost entirely to the fear that it may lead to a direct
clash between China and the United States. It is all the
stranger, therefore, that so little attention has been paid to a
series of events a couple of lifetimes ago which resulted in a
Chinese intervention of the very kind we dread today,
especially since the outcome has profoundly influenced the
attitude of the Peking government towards the present
conflict. This book attempts to tell the story in a manner
suitable for the ordinary reader. It is not a history of
Vietnam, though it was obviously necessary in the early
chapters to sketch the historical background. Nor is it a
work for academic specialists: thus, for instance, Chinese
names, which invariably give non-sinologues a headache,
have been used as sparingly as possible. Reference-notes have
been inserted only at those places in the text where otherwise
the author might be suspected of exaggeration.
French colonial expansion in the iSSos was by no means
restricted to Tongking, yet to have introduced the affairs of
Madagascar and Tunis would have added quite intolerable
complexity to a tale which even as it is has more than
enough ramifications. For the same reason, Sino-Japanese
rivalry in Korea, which to some extent influenced Chinese
policy towards Vietnam, has been given only the briefest
mention.