Vietnam
Subtitle: Past and Present
Edition: 4 edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: February 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780813343082
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Vietnam; History - General History; History; History: World; Asia - Southeast Asia; 20th century; Nationalism
First sentence: The Southeast Asian littoral, the promontory at the extremity of mainland Southeast Asia, constitutes Vietnam.
Description: Presents the history of Vietnam including the long early era of freedom, the French conquest, the first Indochina war, and the roots of the Vietnam conflict. Analyzes the wartime decision-making process in Hanoi and Washington, D.C., and explores the postwar reconstruction.