Vietnam
- ISBN-10
- 113535779X
- ISBN-13
- 9781135357795
- Series
- Vietnam
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-11-01
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Spencer C. Tucker
Description
A comprehensive overview of warfare in Vietnamese history from the early efforts to free themselves from Chinese control, through the Indo-China and Vietnam Wars, the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, up to the Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979. Concentrating on the Vietnam War, the author explores the conflict from the Vietnamese perspective, demonstrating how for many Vietnamese the war was merely one of a long series of struggles against foreign domination. Encompassing socio-political, economic, diplomatic and cultural issues, this text provides an introduction to Vietnam's military history and will be of interest to students of 20th century American and Asian history.
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