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Understanding Vietnam

Author : Neil L. Jamieson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520916581
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Vietnam written by Neil L. Jamieson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American experience in Vietnam divided us as a nation and eroded our confidence in both the morality and the effectiveness of our foreign policy. Yet our understanding of this tragic episode remains superficial because, then and now, we have never grasped the passionate commitment with which the Vietnamese clung to and fought over their own competing visions of what Vietnam was and what it might become. To understand the war, we must understand the Vietnamese, their culture, and their ways of looking at the world. Neil L. Jamieson, after many years of living and working in Vietnam, has written the book that provides this understanding. Jamieson paints a portrait of twentieth-century Vietnam. Against the background of traditional Vietnamese culture, he takes us through the saga of modern Vietnamese history and Western involvement in the country, from the coming of the French in 1858 through the Vietnam War and its aftermath. Throughout his analysis, he allows the Vietnamese—both our friends and foes, and those who wished to be neither—to speak for themselves through poetry, fiction, essays, newspaper editorials and reports of interviews and personal experiences. By putting our old and partial perceptions into this new and broader context, Jamieson provides positive insights that may perhaps ease the lingering pain and doubt resulting from our involvement in Vietnam. As the United States and Vietnam appear poised to embark on a new phase in their relationship, Jamieson's book is particularly timely.

Vietnam Handbook

Author : Claire Boobbyer
Publisher : Footprint Handbooks
ISBN 13 : 9781907263224
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Handbook written by Claire Boobbyer and published by Footprint Handbooks. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City to the serenity of Halong Bay and everything in between, Footprint's fully revised and updated 6th edition Vietnam Handbook offers you the chance to have a truly unique experience. Vietnam has everything from noodle carts to nouvelle cuisine, temples or trekking, beaches or bargain hunting.

Vietnam: A Natural History

Author : Eleanor Jane Sterling
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300128215
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam: A Natural History written by Eleanor Jane Sterling and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A country uncommonly rich in plants, animals, and natural habitats, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shelters a significant portion of the world’s biological diversity, including rare and unique organisms and an unusual mixture of tropical and temperate species. This book is the first comprehensive account of Vietnam’s natural history in English. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and thirty-five original watercolor illustrations, the book offers a complete tour of the country’s plants and animals along with a full discussion of the factors shaping their evolution and distribution. Separate chapters focus on northern, central, and southern Vietnam, regions that encompass tropics, subtropics, mountains, lowlands, wetland and river regions, delta and coastal areas, and offshore islands. The authors provide detailed descriptions of key natural areas to visit, where a traveler might explore limestone caves or glimpse some of the country’s twenty-seven monkey and ape species and more than 850 bird species. The book also explores the long history of humans in the country, including the impact of the Vietnam-American War on plants and animals, and describes current efforts to conserve Vietnam’s complex, fragile, and widely threatened biodiversity.

Vietnam Handbook

Author : John Colet
Publisher : Footprint Handbook
ISBN 13 : 9781900949361
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Handbook written by John Colet and published by Footprint Handbook. This book was released on 1999 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching over 3,000 kilometres in a sinuous 'S', Vietnam embraces a spectacular range of landscapes from the watery and fertile plains of the Mekong Delta to the stunning mountain ranges of the north. The most comprehensive details on how to make the most of the country with wide-ranging practical listings. Outstanding background on the history of Vietnam from pre-colonial times to the present day, with detailed cultural and artistic information. Written with authority by experts who live, work and travel throughout the country.

The American War in Contemporary Vietnam

Author : Christina Schwenkel
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253003318
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The American War in Contemporary Vietnam written by Christina Schwenkel and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-13 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christina Schwenkel's absorbing study explores how the "American War" is remembered and commemorated in Vietnam today -- in official and unofficial histories and in everyday life. Schwenkel analyzes visual representations found in monuments and martyrs' cemeteries, museums, photography and art exhibits, battlefield tours, and related sites of "trauma tourism." In these transnational spaces, American and Vietnamese memories of the war intersect in ways profoundly shaped by global economic liberalization and the return of American citizens as tourists, pilgrims, and philanthropists.

The Vietnam War Handbook

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750979836
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Vietnam War Handbook written by Andrew Rawson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book covers everything from infantry, artillery, armour, special forces, riverine craft, intelligence, combat support and service units, to weapons and equipment, organisation, command and control, daily life and tours of duty, awards and medals. Films and books, memorials and the legacy of the Vietnam War in the USA and South East Asia are also covered.

Passing Time

Author : W.D. Ehrhart
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476647933
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Passing Time written by W.D. Ehrhart and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-11-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1969 to 1974 Ehrhart was just passing time. His reentry into the "world" began with his enrollment as a 21-year-old freshman (and token Vietnam vet) at Swarthmore College. At first simply trying to bury his past, Ehrhart slowly came to understand what happened to him, and why, in Vietnam. Interspersed are flashbacks to the war itself. It is the story of political--and personal--awakening. As the war dragged on, the United States' deceitful involvement and its perpetuation of fallacies and lies about the war's conduct forced Ehrhart to confront his own feelings about his government, country and self. Throughout, the reader shares with Ehrhart his odyssey through naivete, growing awareness, angry withdrawal and, finally, a measure of peace.

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam

Author : Jonathan D. London
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317647890
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam written by Jonathan D. London and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam is a comprehensive resource exploring social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of Vietnam, one of contemporary Asia’s most dynamic but least understood countries. Following an introduction that highlights major changes that have unfolded in Vietnam over the past three decades, the volume is organized into four thematic parts: Politics and Society Economy and Society Social Life and Institutions Cultures in Motion Part I addresses key aspects of Vietnam’s politics, from the role of the Communist Party of Vietnam in shaping the country’s institutional evolution, to continuity and change in patterns of socio-political organization, political expression, state repression, diplomatic relations, and human rights. Part II assesses the transformation of Vietnam’s economy, addressing patterns of economic growth, investment and trade, the role of the state in the economy, and other economic aspects of social life. Parts III and IV examine developments across a variety of social and cultural fields through chapters on themes including welfare, inequality, social policy, urbanization, the environment and society, gender, ethnicity, the family, cuisine, art, mass media, and the politics of remembrance. Featuring 38 essays by leading Vietnam scholars from around the world, this book provides a cutting-edge analysis of Vietnam’s transformation and changing engagement with the world. It is an invaluable interdisciplinary reference work that will be of interest to students and academics of Southeast Asian studies, as well as policymakers, analysts, and anyone wishing to learn more about contemporary Vietnam.

Another Vietnam

Author : Tim Page
Publisher : National Geographic Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Another Vietnam written by Tim Page and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2002 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These and a hundred other images are seared into our consciousness - but a very different viewpoint appears in this vision of three decades of war in Vietnam.".

U.S. Army Area Handbook for Vietnam

Author : American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S. Army Area Handbook for Vietnam written by American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Vietnam Photo Book

Author : Mark Jury
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Vietnam Photo Book written by Mark Jury and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1986 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magazine photographer in civilian life, Mark Jury was assigned to the U.S. Army Headquarters Information Office at Long Binh during the Vietnam War. With blanket travel orders and the Army's top press card, he spent his year-long tour of duty traveling around Vietnam and Cambodia photographing the war. This book, first published soon after his return from Vietnam, is a collection of affecting images that illuminate the human cost of the Vietnam War.

Vietnam

Author : Shelton Woods
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 157607417X
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam written by Shelton Woods and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-12-16 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only handbook on Vietnam that combines colorful, discursive chapters and supporting reference materials. Beginning with a lengthy introduction to Vietnam's past, this book traces the historical context that serves as a foundation for the present-day society and culture of this Southeast Asian nation. Intended for nonspecialists and other Asian enthusiasts, this work gives readers a thorough understanding of this diverse, richly storied land. From Vietnam's indigenous dynasties to outside influences including Buddhism, Confucianism, Western imperialism, and the Chinese bureaucracy system, the long path to a Vietnamese identity is traced—one that showcases a people's resilience, creativity, and intense love of freedom. This volume includes translations of numerous primary documents. From the narrative sections on Vietnamese history and society to the A–Z format of significant people and events, Vietnam: A Global Studies Handbook brings Vietnam to life.

The Republic of Vietnam, 1955–1975

Author : Tuong Vu
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501745158
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Republic of Vietnam, 1955–1975 written by Tuong Vu and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the voices of senior officials, teachers, soldiers, journalists, and artists, The Republic of Vietnam, 1955–1975, presents us with an interpretation of "South Vietnam" as a passionately imagined nation in the minds of ordinary Vietnamese, rather than merely as an expeditious political construct of the United States government. The moving and honest memoirs collected, translated, and edited here by Tuong Vu and Sean Fear describe the experiences of war, politics, and everyday life for people from many walks of life during the fraught years of Vietnam's Second Republic, leading up to and encompassing what Americans generally call the "Vietnam War." The voices gift the reader a sense of the authors' experiences in the Republic and their ideas about the nation during that time. The light and careful editing hand of Vu and Fear reveals that far from a Cold War proxy struggle, the conflict in Vietnam featured a true ideological divide between the communist North and the non-communist South.

Vietnam

Author : Eddie Adams
Publisher : Umbrage Editions
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam written by Eddie Adams and published by Umbrage Editions. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Accompanied by a major traveling exhibition of Adams's work"--Back of jacket.

Hanoi's War

Author : Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807882690
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Hanoi's War written by Lien-Hang T. Nguyen and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of U.S. involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietnamese leaders pursued the war and American intervention ended. This riveting narrative takes the reader from the marshy swamps of the Mekong Delta to the bomb-saturated Red River Delta, from the corridors of power in Hanoi and Saigon to the Nixon White House, and from the peace negotiations in Paris to high-level meetings in Beijing and Moscow, all to reveal that peace never had a chance in Vietnam. Hanoi's War renders transparent the internal workings of America's most elusive enemy during the Cold War and shows that the war fought during the peace negotiations was bloodier and much more wide ranging than it had been previously. Using never-before-seen archival materials from the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as materials from other archives around the world, Nguyen explores the politics of war-making and peace-making not only from the North Vietnamese perspective but also from that of South Vietnam, the Soviet Union, China, and the United States, presenting a uniquely international portrait.

Vietnam

Author : Larry Burrows
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam written by Larry Burrows and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2002 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larry Burrows photography of the war images from Vietnam brought the war home for the American public.

Dangerous Grounds

Author : David L. Parsons
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469632020
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Grounds written by David L. Parsons and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Vietnam War divided the nation, a network of antiwar coffeehouses appeared in the towns and cities outside American military bases. Owned and operated by civilian activists, GI coffeehouses served as off-base refuges for the growing number of active-duty soldiers resisting the war. In the first history of this network, David L. Parsons shows how antiwar GIs and civilians united to battle local authorities, vigilante groups, and the military establishment itself by building a dynamic peace movement within the armed forces. Peopled with lively characters and set in the tense environs of base towns around the country, this book complicates the often misunderstood relationship between the civilian antiwar movement, U.S. soldiers, and military officials during the Vietnam era. Using a broad set of primary and secondary sources, Parsons shows us a critical moment in the history of the Vietnam-era antiwar movement, when a chain of counterculture coffeehouses brought the war's turbulent politics directly to the American military's doorstep.