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The first Vietnam War
Christopher Goscha explores the conflict between the French empire and Ho Chi Minh’s Vietnamese army that followed WW2

- Rob Attar
Published: July 20, 2022 at 11:43 AM
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Historian Christopher Goscha explores the decade-long conflict between the French empire and Ho Chi Minh’s communist Vietnamese forces that followed the Second World War. Speaking to Rob Attar, he argues that the Vietnamese triumph was unlike any other anti-colonial struggle of the era.
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Christopher Goscha is the author of The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam (Princeton University Press, 2022)
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Rob AttarHead of content and editor of HistoryExtra magazine
Rob Attar is head of content and editor of HistoryExtra magazine
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