Exiting Indochina

by Solomon, Richard H.

• ISBN13: 9781929223015
• ISBN10: 1929223013
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: United States Inst of Peace Pr

Summary

This book recounts the diplomacy that brought an end to great power involvement in Indochina -- including the negotiations for a UN peace process in Cambodia and construction of a "road map" for normalizing U.S.-Vietnam relations.Exiting Indochina also highlights the changing character of diplomacy at the beginning of the 1990s, when, at least temporarily, an era of military confrontation among the major world powers gave way to political management of international conflicts.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Stanley Karnow
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
Abbreviations	xix
Introduction	3	(6)
Indochina: Trapped between Major Powers	9	(4)
From War to Diplomacy	13	(4)
Constructing a Peace Process for Cambodia	17	(6)
Progress at Paris	23	(10)
The United States Initiates a UN-Centered Effort	33	(6)
Building a Security Council Consensus	39	(10)
Herding Cats	49	(10)
Domestic Political Fury	59	(6)
The Provocative Role of the Media	65	(6)
Building Consensus for the UN Settlement Plan	71	(8)
Exiting the Vietnam Quagmire	79	(10)
The Playout: Who Won? Who Lost?	89	(10)
Conclusion: The United States as an International Mediator	99	(6)
Bibliography	105	(4)
Index	109