Changing worlds
Subtitle: Vietnam's transition from the Cold War to globalization
By: David W.P. Elliott
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780195383348
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic policy; National security; Foreign relations
Description: "For the most of the twentieth century, the country of Vietnam has served as a symbol of the bipolar system of rival ideological blocs that characterized the Cold War. As the conflict over communism waned in the 1980s, Vietnam faced the tough task of remaking itself as nation in the eyes of its people and of the world. In Changing Worlds, David W.P. Elliot, a participant in the Aspen Institute's U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue who has spent the past forty years working closely with the people and government of Vietnam, chronicles the evolution of the Vietnamese state as we know it today."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On the eve of doi moi reform (1975-1986); title: The year of living dangerously; title: Changing partners in a changing world (1990-1991); title: Wary reconciliation (1992-1995); title: Uncertain transition; title: Taking the plunge; title: A strategy for the 21st century; title: Rhetoric and reality.