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La menace américaine et le règlement indochinois à la conférence de Genève

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[eng] Abstract There is general agreement that the Viet-minh made concessions, at the Geneva conference (1954), under pressure by China ; and that the latter was largely motivated by the threat of intervention. As the U.S.A. were at first hostile to the partition of Vietnam, one wonders whether they could have exerted a stronger pressure. This article stresses the technical obstacles, which, in addition to political problems, excluded the Vautour operation ; also the divergences between and Washington's points of view, which made very hazardous an American military intervention in North Vietnam, after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. There was also great caution on President Eisenhower's part, as he was anxious to avoid the U.S.A. to be dragged into a conflict with China. [fre] Résumé On s'accorde généralement pour penser que les concessions du Viêt Minh à la conférence de Genève (1954) ont été faites sous la pression de la Chine, laquelle, dans une large mesure, agissait en fonction des menaces américaines. Puisque les Etats-Unis n'étaient pas favorables au départ à la partition du Viêt Nam, n'auraient-ils pas pu exercer une pression plus importante ? Cet article montre les obstacles techniques qui, par delà les problèmes politiques, ont interdit l'opération Vautour, les divergences de points de vue entre Paris et Washington, lesquelles rendaient des plus aléatoires l'intervention américaine au Tonkin après la chute de Diên Bien Phu, enfin l'extrême prudence du président Eisenhower, soucieux de ne pas entraîner son pays dans un conflit avec la Chine.

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  • Denise Artaud, 1994. "La menace américaine et le règlement indochinois à la conférence de Genève," Histoire, économie & société, Programme National Persée, vol. 13(1), pages 47-62.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:hiseco:hes_0752-5702_1994_num_13_1_1727
    DOI: 10.3406/hes.1994.1727
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