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Author: Henry Kamm
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Publishing Date: 1st Edition, April 18, 2011
Paperback: 288 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1611451264
ISBN-13: 978-1611451269
Format: Hardcover, Paperback
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Cambodia: Report From a Stricken Land

By Admin | Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Author: Arthur J. Dommen
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publishing Date: December 15, 2001
Hardcover: 1168 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0253338549
ISBN-13: 978-0253338549
Format: Hardcover
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Book Description
"Dommen's book promises to be the definitive political history of Indochina during the Franco-American era." -- William M. Leary,
E. Merton Coulter Professor of History, University of Georgia

This magisterial study by Arthur J. Dommen sets the Indochina wars 'French and American' in perspective as no book that has come before. He summarizes the history of the peninsula from the Vietnamese War of Independence from China in 930-39 through the first French military actions in 1858, when the struggle of the peoples of Indochina with Western powers began.

Dommen details the crucial episodes in the colonization of Indochina by the French and the indigenous reaction to it. The struggle for national sovereignty reached an acute state at the end of World War II, when independent governments rapidly assumed power in Vietnam and Cambodia. When the French returned, the struggle became one of open warfare, with Nationalists and Communists gripped in a contest for ascendancy in Vietnam, while the rulers of Cambodia and Laos sought to obtain independence by negotiation.

The withdrawal of the French after their defeat at Dien Bien Phu brought the Indochinese face-to-face, whether as friends or as enemies, with the Americans. In spite of an armistice in 1954, the war between Hanoi and Saigon resumed as each enlisted the help of foreign allies, which led to the renewed loss of sovereignty as a result of alliances and an increasingly heavy loss of lives. Meticulous and detailed, Dommen's telling of this complicated story is always judicious. Nevertheless, many people will find his analysis of the Diem coup a disturbing account of American plotting and murder.

The Indochinese Experience of the French and the Americans: Nationalism and Communism in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam

By Admin | Thursday, December 29, 2011

Author: Michael H. Hunt (Editor)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publishing Date: January 21, 2010
Paperback: 256 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0807859915
ISBN-13: 978-0807859919
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Book Description
An essential new resource for students and teachers of the Vietnam War, this concise collection of primary sources opens a valuable window on an extraordinarily complex conflict.

The materials gathered here, from both the American and Vietnamese sides, remind readers that the conflict touched the lives of many people in a wide range of social and political situations and spanned a good deal more time than the decade of direct U.S. combat. Indeed, the U.S. war was but one phase in a string of conflicts that varied significantly in character and geography. Michael Hunt brings together the views of the conflict's disparate players--from Communist leaders, Vietnamese peasants, Saigon loyalists, and North Vietnamese soldiers to U.S. policymakers, soldiers, and critics of the war. By allowing the participants to speak, this volume encourages readers to formulate their own historically grounded understanding of a still controversial struggle.

A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History from American and Vietnamese Perspectives

By Admin | Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Author: Joanna Catherine Scott
Publisher: Mcfarland
Publishing Date: Reprint Edition, August 18, 2011
Paperback: 326 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786467401
ISBN-13: 978-0786467402
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Book Description
This poignant collection of oral histories tells the stories of nine Laotians, four Cambodians and nine Vietnamese: what their lives were like before 1975, what happened after the Communist takeover that made them decide to flee their native countries, and how they escaped. The storytellers (housewife, Amerasian child, schoolteacher, government clerk, military officer, security agent, Buddhist monk, artist) create a broad and moving picture of the new realities of contemporary Indochina.

Indochina's Refugees: Oral Histories from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam

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Author: Ben Kiernan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publishing Date: 2nd Edition, August 11, 2004
Paperback: 488 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300102623
ISBN-13: 978-0300102628
Format: Hardcover, Paperback
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Book Description
How did Pol Pot, a tyrant comparable to Hitler and Stalin in his brutality and contempt for human life, rise to power? This authoritative book explores what happened in Cambodia from 1930 to 1975, tracing the origins and trajectory of the Cambodian Communist movement and setting the ascension of Pol Pot's genocidal regime in the context of the conflict between colonialism and nationalism. A new preface bring this edition up to date.

How Pol Pot Came to Power: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism in Cambodia, 1930-1975

By Admin | Saturday, December 17, 2011