Using previously unseen Russian archive material, this book analyzes how the Soviet leadership evaluated developments in Soviet-Vietnamese relations in the years from 1949 to 1964. It focuses on how Soviet leaders perceived China's role in Vietnam relative to the Soviet role, and shows how these perceptions influenced the Soviet-Vietnamese relationship.

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Choosing sides
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the World, 1945-1949
The DRVG++s search for allies Soviet strategies in Southeast Asia
Vietnamese diplomatic initiatives in Bangkok and Moscow
Renewed Soviet interest in Asia
Setting the Stage: The Soviet Union, China and the First Indochina War, 1949-1953
Moscow and the Communist victory in China Recognition
The Franco-Vietnamese War Recognition and new challenges
The End of the War and the Geneva Conference, 1953-1954
Preparing for the conference
The Final Offensive Negotiating in Geneva
Geneva and the future of Soviet-Vietnamese relations
Together for Communism?
Sino-Soviet Cooperation and the Rebuilding of North Vietnam, 1954-1957
Reconstruction and consolidation in Vietnam
Military cooperation and Chinese withdrawal
Sino-Soviet relations and the Geneva agreement
Hanoi and the Twentieth Congress
Land reform and its critics Moscow, Beijing and HanoiG++s
New Southern Strategy A balancing act
Reunification by Revolution?
The Soviet and Chinese Role in Vietnamese
Reunification Plans, 1957-1961
Accepting two Vietnams
Renewed interest in the Geneva agreement
Sino-Soviet cooperation
The Lao Dong debates its policy on reunification
Embarking on a new Southern strategy
Mediating the emerging Sino-Soviet conflict
Moscow and the new Southern strategy
The end of diplomacy?
The Fight over Laos, 1961-1962
The civil war in Laos
Calls for a Geneva Conference on Laos
Negotiations begin in Geneva
A temporary setback
Assistance to Laos Geneva: A power struggle?
From Disinterest to Active Support, 1962-1965
Soviet perceptions of China in Vietnam
Tougher frontlines within the Communist camp
Attempts to improve Soviet-Vietnamese relations
HanoiG++s turn to China
Moscow and the result of the 9th Plenum of the Lao Dong
The tide is turning
From disinterest to active support
Conclusions: Changing Alliances Establishing a relationship: Moscow and HanoiG++s struggle
Cooperation and coordination: the China factor
Explaining changes: leverage and ideology
Politburo and Secretariat of the Lao Dong Central Committee
Economic assistance and specialists from the Socialist camp to the DRV, 1955-1962
Soviet ambassadors to Vietnam, 1954-1965
Archives in Moscow
Bibliography
Index
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