ABSTRACT

“An indispensable tool for college students and general readers, the only available text that treats Vietnamese history in its entirety, from its beginning to the twenty-first century, as it places Vietnam within the regional and global context. SarDesai’s Vietnam looks at Vietnam as a country and not just as a war. The text has also benefited from its author’s decades-long expertise on Southeast Asia as reflected in the comprehensive bibliography and use of the latest works.” —NGUYEN THI DIEU, Ph.D., Temple University

chapter 1|17 pages

Ethnicity, Geography, and Early History

chapter 2|13 pages

A Millennium of Freedom

chapter 3|12 pages

The French Conquest of Vietnam

chapter 4|21 pages

The Nationalist Movement

chapter 5|25 pages

Roots of the Second Indochina War

chapter 6|29 pages

The Indochina Imbroglio

chapter 7|29 pages

The New Vietnam

chapter 8|24 pages

Vietnam and Its Immediate Neighbors