Ending the Vietnam War : the Vietnamese communists' perspective / Ang Cheng Guan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ang, Cheng Guan.

Series:

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 14.

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Peace.

Peace.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Vietnam (Democratic Republic).

Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government.

Vietnam (Democratic Republic).

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

viii, 198 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.

Summary:

Existing studies of the Vietnam War have been written mostly from an American perspective, using western sources, and viewing the conflict through western eyes. This book, based on extensive original research, including Vietnamese, Chinese and former Soviet sources, tells the story of the war from the Tet offensive in 1968 up to the reunification of Vietnam in April 1975. Overall, it provides an important corrective to the predominantly US-centric narratives of the war by placing the Vietnamese communists center-stage in the story. It is a sequel to the author's RoutledgeCurzon book "The Vietnam War From the Other Side," which covers the period 1962-68.

Contents:

The start of negotiations

The widening war

Fighting and negotiating

Negotiations at a standstill

The peace agreement

An incomplete victory

Ending the war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-195) and index.

ISBN:

0415326095

OCLC:

51942669