Vietnam, past and present
By: D. R. SarDesai.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Nationalism -- Vietnam -- History; Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
Description: In this new edition, D.R. SarDesai pays particular attention to the normalization of U.S.-Vietnamese relations, Vietnam's policy of economic liberalization, the role of industrialized nations in the globalization of Vietnam's economy, and Vietnam's growing participation with the Allied countries of the Pacific region. A new chapter on the Vietnamese-American community in the United States is also included.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. ETHNICITY, GEOGRAPHY, AND EARLY HISTORY Vietnam-the Nomenclature, 2 The Human Fabric and Languages, 3 Early Vietnamese History, 9 Early Nationalism, 13 2. A MILLENNIUM OF FREEDOM 19 Mongols Invade Vietnam and Champa, 22 Fall of Champa, 23 Chinese Occupation and the Birth of the Le Dynasty, 24 Vietnam's Partition, 27 The Tayson Rebellion, 28 Unification and Consolidation, 29 3. THE FRENCH CONQUEST OF VIETNAM 31 Vietnam and the French Missionaries, 31 Conquest of Cochin China, 34 De Lagree-Garier Expedition, 35 Gamier's Tongking Adventure, 36 Completing the Conquest of Vietnam, 39 4. THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT 43 Early Resistance to French Rule, 44 Phan Boi Chau and Phan Chau Trinh, 45 Beginnings of the Modem Nationalist Movement, 46 The VNQDD, 48 The Uprisings of 1930-1931, 49 Ho Chi Minh, 49 Birth of the Viet Minh, 53 Establishment of the DRV, 56 The First Indochina War, 58 Dien Bien Phu, 61 The Geneva Settlement of 1954, 62 5. ROOTS OF THE SECOND INDOCHINA WAR 65 South Vietnam After the Geneva Conference, 65 Unrest in South Vietnam, 71 6. THE INDOCHINA IMBROGLIO 81 U.S. Disengagement, 84 Cambodia Since Geneva, 86 Cambodia's Neutrality, 87 The Khmer Rouge, 88 The Paris Accords of 1973, 89 Communist Victory in Vietnam and Cambodia, 90 Reasons for the U.S. Failure in Vietnam, 91 7. THE NEW VIETNAM 93 Postwar Economic Measures, 96 Five-Year Plans and Economic Policy, 98 Government and Politics in the New Vietnam, 112 8. THE CAMBODIAN QUESTION 121 Vietnam and Cambodia, 122 Vietnam's March into Cambodia, 129 Vietnam's Occupation of Cambodia: Goals and Impact, 130 Multipronged Efforts Toward Peace in Cambodia, 132 9. VIETNAM'S RELATIONS WITH CHINA, THE SOVIET UNION, AND ASEAN 141 Vietnam and China, 142 Vietnam and the Soviet Union, 151 Sino-Vietnamese Relations in the 1990s, 154 Vietnam and ASEAN, 155 10. U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS AND VIETNAMESE AMERICANS 161 Preconditions to Normalization of U.S.-Vietnam Relations, 161 The MIA Issue, 163 The Vietnamese Refugee Problem, 167 Refugee Settlement in the United States, 171.