The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975

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Synopsis
A monumental work of research and analysis, this is a history of the Vietnam War in a single province of the Mekong Delta over the period 1930-1975. More precisely, it is a study of the Vietnamese dimension of the "Vietnam War, " focusing on the revolutionary movement that became popularly known as the "Viet Cong." There are several distinctive features to this study: (1) it provides an explanation for the paradox of why the revolutionary movement was so successful during the war, but unable to meet the challenges of postwar developments; (2) it challenges the dominant theme of contemporary political analysis which assumes that people are "rational" actors responding to events with careful calculations of self-interest; (3) it closely examines province-level documentation that casts light on a number of important historical controversies about the war. No other history of the Vietnam War has drawn on such a depth of documentation, especially firsthand accounts that allow the Vietnamese participants to spea directly to us.
Copyright:
2003

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Book Size:
536 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781317453956
Related ISBNs:
9781315698809, 9780765606037, 9780765606037, 9780765606020, 9780765606020, 9780765606020, 9781315698809, 9780765606037, 9780765606020, 9781315698809, 9780765606037
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Taylor and Francis
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Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies
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