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Imagining Vietnam and America : the making of postcolonial Vietnam, 1919-1950 / Mark Philip Bradley ; foreword by John Lewis Gaddis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradley, Mark, 1961-
- Series:
- New Cold War history.
- The new Cold War history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam--Politics and government--20th century.
- Vietnam.
- Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the origins of the Cold War in Vietnam and postcolonial Vietnam's place in history. The author argues that the global discourse and practices of colonialism, race, modernism and postcolonial state-making were implicated in the dynamics of the Cold War in shaping US-Vietnamese relations.
- Contents:
- Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Liberty and the Making of Postcolonial Order; 1. European Wind, American Rain; 2. Representing Vietnam; 3. Trusteeship and the American Vision of Postcolonial Vietnam; 4. Self-Evident Truths?; 5. Improbable Opportunities; Conclusion: Becoming Postcolonial in a Cold War World; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890869531
- 9780807860571
- 0807860573
- OCLC:
- 476236166
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