The Vietnamese War

The Vietnamese War

by David Elliott
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 15/04/2016

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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.

ISBN:
9781317453949
9781317453949
Category:
Economic history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
15-04-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
David Elliott

David Elliott is the author of many books for young readers, including On the Farm, In the Wild, In the Sea, and In the Past.

He is also the author of Baabwaa and Wooliam, illustrated by Melissa Sweet. David Elliott lives in New Hampshire.

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