Table of Contents

@contents:Introduction Part I: Escalation and Negotiation, March 1953 - May 1954 1. "More Important than Korea": Background to Negotiation 2. Defeat in Vietnam? The Battle for Dien Bien Phu 3. The Vietnamese Confront the Cold War 4. Before Geneva: The Foundations of Western Disunity 5. In Search of a "Lesser Evil:" Partition as an Idea 6. United Action Averted Part II: The Geneva Conference on Indochina, May - July 1954 7. The Geneva Conference: The Bidault Phase 8. Gouverner, c'est choisir 9. The Geneva Conference: The Mendes-France Phase Part III: The Global Legacy, July 1954 - July 1956 10. Making Partition Permanent 11. Global Implications Epilogue: "Our offspring" Sources Index

About the Author

James Waite is a New Zealand diplomat, currently with the International Security and Disarmament Division in the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Waite was posted to the New Zealand Embassy in Jakarta, 2008-2011. Prior to joining the foreign service, he lectured in history at Ohio University, where he received his PhD in 2005. His articles have appeared in Diplomatic History and the Global Economy Journal.