From the rear cover
The Vietnam War was a traumatic event for America and a lesson for Americans on the limits of power. For the Vietnamese, however, it was but one in a series of struggles against foreign domination. This fascinating study puts all of this in perspective by providing a comprehensive overview of warfare throughout Vietnamese history, from the early efforts of the Vietnamese to establish their own state and free themselves from Chinese domination, down through the Indo-China and Vietnam Wars, the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War, to the present.
Vietnam provides an overview of the causes, course, and effects of the numerous wars in Vietnamese history, many of them not generally known to Westerners, such as the Black Flag/Tonkin Wars and the Franco-Thai War. Concentrating on the period after the Second World War, it treats matters from the Vietnamese perspective as much as from the French and American, and seeks to clarify the missed opportunities and false perceptions that led to warfare. Encompassing overviews of socio-political, economic, diplomatic, and cultural issues, Vietnam provides an excellent introduction to Vietnamese history as well as an in-depth look at the long record of warfare in that country. It will prove essential reading for all students of twentieth-century American and Asian history.
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- Title Vietnam-Pa
- Author Spencer C. Tucker
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- Date 1999-02-25
- ISBN 9780813109664 / 0813109663
- Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 9.18 x 6.19 x 0.53 in (23.32 x 15.72 x 1.35 cm)
- Reading level 1390
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 1970's
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Library of Congress subjects Vietnam - History, Military, Vietnam - History - 20th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-37521
- Dewey Decimal Code 959.704
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Citations
- Booklist, 02/15/1999, Page 0
- Choice, 09/01/2000, Page 206
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