The United States and Vietnam 1787 - 1941

By Miller, Robert Hopkins

Book Id: WPLBN0000699478
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 18.94 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The United States and Vietnam 1787 - 1941
Author:	Miller, Robert Hopkins
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Asian literature, Writing.
Collections:	e-Asia Digital Library Collection
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Publisher:	University of Oregon Libraries; e-Asia Digital Library


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Excerpt
Excerpt: FOREWORD; As efforts continue to settle the Cambodia-Laos issue, Vietnam is again a focus of American attention. With the passage of time since the United States pulled out of Vietnam, American policymakers have begun approaching the major Indochinese issues from new perspectives, particularly new perspectives toward that general region. As is so often the case, history, by informing, may also help illuminate these issues.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: I Merchant Ships and Their Captains -- The Fame and Captain Jeremiah Briggs, 3 -- The Brig Franklin and Captain John White, 6 -- Ii Diplomats and Naval Vessels John Shillaber, Us Consul In Batavia, 17 -- Edmund Roberts, Special Agent, and the Sloop-Of-War Peacock, 19 -- Edmund Roberts: Second Mission, 34 -- Joseph Balestier, Us Consul, and Captain John Percival of the Uss Constitution, 41 -- I!I Commerce, Strategic Thinking, and Colonial Expansion -- Daniel Webster and Commodore Perry, 57 -- Colonies and Consulates, 66 -- France and China: A Growing Confrontation, 80 -- Iv the United States' Good Offices the First Attempt: July-August 1883, 89 -- The Second and Third Attempts: July-August 1884, 102 -- The Fourth Attempt: September-November 1884, 122 -- Breathing Space: Trade and Consuls, 137 -- V the United States and Japan: Prelude To Confrontation American Beginnings In Indochina, 151 -- Coming Confrontation, 154 -- Arms Shipments, High Diplomacy, and Commercial Considerations, 159