Vietnam, past and present /
SarDesai, D. R.
Vietnam, past and present / D.R. SarDesai. - 4th ed. - [Boulder, Colo.] : Westview Press, 2005. - xv, 270 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-260) and index.
Ethnicity, geography, and early history -- A millennium of freedom -- The French conquest of Vietnam -- The nationalist movement -- Roots of the Second Indochina war -- The Indochina imbroglio -- The new Vietnam -- Vietnam and its immediate neighbors -- Vietnam's relations with China, the Soviet Union and ASEAN -- U.S.-Vietnam relations and Vietnamese Americans.
“An indispensable tool for college students and general readers, the only available text that treats Vietnamese history in its entirety, from its beginning to the twenty-first century, as it places Vietnam within the regional and global context. SarDesai’s Vietnam looks at Vietnam as a country and not just as a war. The text has also benefited from its author’s decades-long expertise on Southeast Asia as reflected in the comprehensive bibliography and use of the latest works.” —NGUYEN THI DIEU, Ph.D., Temple University
0813343089 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Nationalism--History.--Vietnam
Vietnam--History--20th century.
959.704 / DES
Vietnam, past and present / D.R. SarDesai. - 4th ed. - [Boulder, Colo.] : Westview Press, 2005. - xv, 270 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-260) and index.
Ethnicity, geography, and early history -- A millennium of freedom -- The French conquest of Vietnam -- The nationalist movement -- Roots of the Second Indochina war -- The Indochina imbroglio -- The new Vietnam -- Vietnam and its immediate neighbors -- Vietnam's relations with China, the Soviet Union and ASEAN -- U.S.-Vietnam relations and Vietnamese Americans.
“An indispensable tool for college students and general readers, the only available text that treats Vietnamese history in its entirety, from its beginning to the twenty-first century, as it places Vietnam within the regional and global context. SarDesai’s Vietnam looks at Vietnam as a country and not just as a war. The text has also benefited from its author’s decades-long expertise on Southeast Asia as reflected in the comprehensive bibliography and use of the latest works.” —NGUYEN THI DIEU, Ph.D., Temple University
0813343089 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Nationalism--History.--Vietnam
Vietnam--History--20th century.
959.704 / DES