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Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this classic history of the ""Vietnam Wa""' as seen by all participants takes into account the wealth of research and writing on the war since the book's original publication more than two decades ago. Leading scholar William S. Turley combines original research, thorough knowledge of the literature, his own insight from many trips to Vietnam during and since the war, and sound interpretation into a succinct and well-crafted analysis that provides balanced treatment of the Vietnamese, Lao, Khmer, and American dimensions of the war.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 --- Southeast Asia --- Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975 --- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 --- Vietnamese War, 1961-1975 --- Vietnam --- Politics and government
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International relations. Foreign policy --- Polemology --- Vietnam
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Reform in Viet Nam is a protracted process. Beginning in 1979, it experienced both advances and reversals until 1986, a sudden acceleration in 1989-91, then gradualism hampered by a deepening entrenchment of interests in positions both for and against further liberalisation. A stop-go cycle has developed in which the new incentives and opportunities resulting from reform are sufficient to block broad reversion to earlier phases, but comprehensive advances would seem to depend on the occurrence of deeply unfavourable shocks. When crisis has seriously undermined performance, leaders have embraced reform to shore up legitimacy, while in good times they have tended to disagree over the long-term risks of reform and how to deal with those risks ...
Development --- Viet Nam
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Reform in Viet Nam is a protracted process. Beginning in 1979, it experienced both advances and reversals until 1986, a sudden acceleration in 1989-91, then gradualism hampered by a deepening entrenchment of interests in positions both for and against further liberalisation. A stop-go cycle has developed in which the new incentives and opportunities resulting from reform are sufficient to block broad reversion to earlier phases, but comprehensive advances would seem to depend on the occurrence of deeply unfavourable shocks. When crisis has seriously undermined performance, leaders have embraced reform to shore up legitimacy, while in good times they have tended to disagree over the long-term risks of reform and how to deal with those risks ...
Development --- Viet Nam
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A comprehensive discussion of the security policies and strategic concerns in the Asian-Pacific region.
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A discussion of the security policies and strategic concerns in the Asian-Pacific region.
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