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" This fascinating study provides 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 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. 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 the most recent in a series of struggles against foreign domination.
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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.
Review Quotes
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"An excellent, instructive survey of the Vietnam conflict that will provide informative commentary for anyone interested in that troubled period in American history." -- "(Bowling Green, KY) Daily News"
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"Army History A study undoubtedly richly deserving of the readers' attention." -- "Archiv Orientalni"
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"Illuminates aspects of conflicts that other surveys have ignored." -- "Historian"
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"A concise and well organized assessment of the major military conflicts in post-colonial Vietnam." -- "International Migration Review"
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"A compact overview of a country and its wars that provides insight into one of US history's most traumatic periods." -- "Military Review"
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"An excellent, instructive survey of the Vietnam conflict that will provide informative commentary for anyone interested in that troubled period in American history." -- (Bowling Green, KY) Daily News
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"Army History A study undoubtedly richly deserving of the readers' attention." -- Archiv Orientalni
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"Illuminates aspects of conflicts that other surveys have ignored." -- Historian
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"A concise and well organized assessment of the major military conflicts in post-colonial Vietnam." -- International Migration Review
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"A compact overview of a country and its wars that provides insight into one of US history's most traumatic periods." -- Military Review
