China’s engagement in the Vietnam War: its strategic reasons
The main reason for China’s engagement in the Vietnam War (VW) was deterrence. The leadership in Beijing sought to persuade the US not to escalate in the conflict, because the costs to Washington would be too high. This work attempts firstly to outline four main sources influencing Chinese strategy,...
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Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros
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| description | The main reason for China’s engagement in the Vietnam War (VW) was deterrence. The leadership in Beijing sought to persuade the US not to escalate in the conflict, because the costs to Washington would be too high. This work attempts firstly to outline four main sources influencing Chinese strategy, secondly to present the events in 1965 that led the Chinese leadership to engage in the VW, and lastly to contrast those main sources with China’s decision to enter the War, in order to test the validity of such elements. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76e4247249594519baeee0f4e42f87972022-12-21T23:43:39ZporUniversidade Estadual de Montes ClarosCaminhos da História1517-37712317-08752016-01-012117992China’s engagement in the Vietnam War: its strategic reasonsJorge Eduardo Malena0Universidad Católica ArgentinaThe main reason for China’s engagement in the Vietnam War (VW) was deterrence. The leadership in Beijing sought to persuade the US not to escalate in the conflict, because the costs to Washington would be too high. This work attempts firstly to outline four main sources influencing Chinese strategy, secondly to present the events in 1965 that led the Chinese leadership to engage in the VW, and lastly to contrast those main sources with China’s decision to enter the War, in order to test the validity of such elements.https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/caminhosdahistoria/article/view/1234chinastrategyvietnam wardeterrence |
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| title | China’s engagement in the Vietnam War: its strategic reasons |
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| title_short | China’s engagement in the Vietnam War: its strategic reasons |
| title_sort | china s engagement in the vietnam war its strategic reasons |
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