Vietnam (4^th Ed.) Past and Present

?An indispensable tool for college students and general readers, the only available text that treats Vietnamese history in its entirety, from its beginning to the twenty-first century, as it places Vietnam within the regional and global context. SarDesai?s Vietnam looks at Vietnam as a country and not just as a war. The text has also benefited from its author?s decades-long expertise on Southeast Asia as reflected in the comprehensive bibliography and use of the latest works.? ?NGUYEN THI DIEU, Ph.D., Temple University

Preface -- Ethnicity, Geography, and Early History -- A Millennium of Freedom -- The French Conquest of Vietnam -- The Nationalist Movement -- Roots of the Second Indochina War -- The Indochina Imbroglio -- The New Vietnam -- Vietnam and Its Immediate Neighbors -- Vietnam's Relations with China, the Soviet Union, and ASEAN -- US–Vietnam Relations and Vietnamese Americans -- Chronology

D. R. SarDesai is former Chairperson of South and Southeast Asian Studies and the first holder of the Doshi Chair in Indian History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Southeast Asia: Past and Present 5th Edition (Westview Press, 2003). He is also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Yadunandan centre for India Studies for his caring and distinguished work in South and Southeast Asian studies.