Naval Expeditions: The French Return to Indochina, 1945-1946

by Charles Koburger

Overview

In the Post-Cold War Era, the possibility of large-scale military conflict between the superpowers has been replaced by the probability of a series of minor—and perhaps not so minor—regional ones. Many, if not most of those, will take place within reach of seaborne expeditionary forces. France organized such an expedition at the close of World War II, in 1945-1946, to returban to Indochina. This account of that expedition provides a good case study of what such expeditions involve and, moreover, illustrates many politico-military lessons—and warnings—for those like the U.S., who would project power from the sea east of the Suez today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275959821
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/30/1997
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1070L (what's this?)

About the Author

CHARLES W. KOBURGER, JR., is a consultant on maritime affairs. He has published widely on naval and maritime subjects, including Sea Power in the Twenty-First Century: Projecting a Naval Revolution (forthcoming, 1997), Pacific Turbaning Point: The Solomons Campaign, 1942-1943 (1995), Naval Warfare in the Baltic, 1939-1945: War in a Narrow Sea (1994), Franco-American Naval Relations, 1940-1945 (1993), Naval Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean: 1940-1945 (1993), and The French Navy in Indochina: Riverine and Coastal Forces, 1945-54 (1991), all from Praeger.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Foreword by Admiral Yves Leenhardt, French Navy (ret.)
Preface
Prologue: World War II
The Expedition is Formed
The Problem
Cochin-China (Saigon)
The Mekong Delta and South Annam
Tonkin
Bentré
The Landing
Epilogue
Conclusion
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A more detailed treatment of the first two years Koburger covered in his "The French Navy in Indochina: Riverine and Coastal Forces, 1945- 54" (Praeger, 1991). In a professional military history, rather than a political treatise, he seeks to provide an accurate and balanced representation of the facts to counter what he sees as much misinformation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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