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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813309403321

Autore

Ruane Kevin

Titolo

War and revolution in Vietnam, 1930-75 / / Kevin Ruane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : UCL, 1998

ISBN

1-135-36695-0

1-135-36696-9

1-280-14354-1

0-203-98165-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Collana

Introductions to history

Disciplina

959.704

Soggetti

Indochinese War, 1946-1954 - Historiography

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Historiography

Vietnam History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-127) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; War and revolution in Vietnam, 1930-75; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The making and unmaking of a revolution, 1930-46; 2. Colonial reconquest or Cold War conflict? The French; 3. Nation building: North and South Vietnam, 1954-61; 4. Insurgency and counter-insurgency: the struggle for South; 5. The American war, 1965-9; 6. A war of peace, 1969-75; 7. Conclusion; Glossary; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written for undergradaute courses on postwar American foreign policy, Southeast Asian history, the Cold War, the Vietnam war, international relations, decolonization, and third world communism, this introduction uses the wealth of recent research to place the Vietnam war within the contexts of European colonization, American Cold War strategy and Vietnam's own political history