- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Westview Press Inc; 3rd Revised edition edition (13 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0813334357
- ISBN-13: 978-0813334356
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,833,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this new edition, D. R. SarDesai pays particular attention to the normalization of U.S.-Vietnamese relations, Vietnams policy of economic liberalization, the role of industrialized nations in the globalization of Vietnams economy, and Vietnams 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. }Vietnam, with its recent history of continual conflict, has stirred intense interest among scholars and politicians, journalists and general readers alike. Millions of Vietnamese children have grown to adulthood carrying memories of bloodshed, terror, bombing, and dislocation. The U.S. intervention there divided public opinion throughout the world, affecting human values, national economies, presidential prospects, and military strategies. The spectacle of people with outmoded weaponry immobilizing the most militarily advanced nation in the world cast doubt on the very basis of modern strategic defense. What motivated the Vietnamese people to wage such a protracted battle at such great economic and emotional cost? Was it communism, nationalism, or a combination of both? And how does one explain the conflicts among the communist regimes in the region? What are the prospects for Hanoi emerging as a major political and ideological center in Southeast Asia?This concise introduction attempts to answer these questions by bringing a historical perspective to the Vietnam War, which is often lacking in other works. D. R. SarDesai situates the country in the context of the traditional Sino-Vietnamese cultural and colonial relationship and the more recent experience under the French. Arguing that the quest for national identity has been a recurring theme throughout Vietnamese history, the author asserts that nationalism, even more than communism, has fueled the struggles against France, the United States, and China. A major portion of the study deals with the postwar era of Vietnams reconstruction, administrative reorganization, its decade-long occupation of Cambodia and the subsequent UN settlement, and its relations with the worlds major powers. This thoughtful and accessible text will be valuable for students of both Vietnamese history and contemporary politics.In this new edition, SarDesai pays particular attention to the normalization of U.S.- Vietnamese relations, Vietnams policy of economic liberalization, the role of industrialized nations in the globalization of Vietnams economy, and Vietnams 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. }
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Has helped my understanding of Vietnam. Particularly of Old Vietnam long before the French Colonial period. The opinions expressed by SarDesai regarding the causes of the wars between the Vietnames and the West are cogent to the issues arising from the French colonial system and the Neo colonialism of the Americans.
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