Vietnam and the West - New Approaches

Klappentext Ralph Smith is Lecturer in the History of South East Asia in the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Zusammenfassung This sound interpretation of Vietnamese cultural attitudes contends that a major reason for American difficulties in Viet-Nam has been the failure to appreciate how wide the gulf is between Viet-Nam and the West. Professor Smith first describes Vietnamese political and social traditions and shows how they were challenged by the West after 1858...

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• Authors: Wynn (EDT) Wilcox
• Assisted by: Wynn Wilcox (Editor)
• Publisher: Cornell univ.southeast asia
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2010
• EAN: 9780877277521
• ISBN: 978-0-87727-752-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous