Bitter Peace: Washington, Hanoi, and the Making of the Paris Agreement

by Pierre Asselin

Book Overview

Demonstrating the centrality of diplomacy in the Vietnam War, Pierre Asselin traces the secret negotiations that led up to the Paris Agreement of 1973, which ended America's involvement but failed to bring peace in Vietnam. Because the two sides signed the agreement under duress, he argues, the peace it promised was doomed to unravel. By January of 1973, the continuing military stalemate and mounting difficulties on the domestic front forced both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807827517
• ISBN13: 9780807827512
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"