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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      09 February 2017
      22 December 2016
      ISBN:
      9781316650417
      9781107154025
      9781316607909
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316650417
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.63kg, 348 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.53kg, 352 Pages
      • Subjects:
      American History: General Interest, Area Studies, Diplomatic and International History, Asian Studies, History, South-East Asian History, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
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    Subjects:
    American History: General Interest, Area Studies, Diplomatic and International History, Asian Studies, History, South-East Asian History, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
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    Book description

    By tracing the evolving worldview of Vietnamese communists over 80 years as they led Vietnam through wars, social revolution, and peaceful development, this book shows the depth and resilience of their commitment to the communist utopia in their foreign policy. Unearthing new material from Vietnamese archives and publications, this book challenges the conventional scholarship and the popular image of the Vietnamese revolution and the Vietnam War as being driven solely by patriotic inspirations. The revolution not only saw successes in defeating foreign intervention, but also failures in bringing peace and development to Vietnam. This was, and is, the real tragedy of Vietnam. Spanning the entire history of the Vietnamese revolution and its aftermath, this book examines its leaders' early rise to power, the tumult of three decades of war with France, the US, and China, and the stubborn legacies left behind which remain in Vietnam today.

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    'Vietnam's Communist Revolution is a path-breaking book in several respects. It is the first study in over a generation to cover the entire century-long history of the Vietnamese communist party from its inception after World War I until the present. Its use of vernacular-language primary documents to tell this important tale is unrivaled. Moreover, it deploys this rich source base to undermine an ossified, politicized conventional wisdom about Vietnamese communism that has endured since the War era. And it suggests a persuasive alternative. This book is a game changer in multiple fields.'

    Peter Zinoman - University of California, Berkeley

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    Contents

    Contents
    • 1 - Revolutionary Paths through the Mind, 1917–1930
      pp 31-61
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