Goscha, Christopher The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam 9780141047010

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Автор: Goscha, Christopher
Название: The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam
Перевод названия: Кристофер Гоша: История современного Вьетнама, издательство Penguin
ISBN: 9780141047010
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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История Азии

ISBN-10: 0141047011
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 672
Вес: 0.49 кг.
Дата издания: 25.05.2017
Язык: English
Размер: 129 x 196 x 31
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS JOHN K. FAIRBANK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 2017This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English. It challenges myths, and raises questions about the socialist republics political future GuardianPowerful and compelling.

Vietnam will be of growing importance in the twenty-first-century world, particularly as China and the US rethink their roles in Asia. Christopher Goschas book is a brilliant account of that countrys history. - Rana MitterA vigorous, eye-opening account of a country of great importance to the world, past and future - Kirkus ReviewsOver the centuries the Vietnamese have beenboth colonizers themselves and the victims of colonization by others. Their country expanded, shrunk, split and sometimes disappeared, often under circumstances far beyond their control.

Despite these often overwhelming pressures, Vietnam has survived as one of Asias most striking and complex cultures. As more and more visitors come to this extraordinary country, there has been for some years a need for a major history - a book which allows the outsider to understand the many layers left by earlier emperors, rebels, priests and colonizers. Christopher Goschas new work amply fills this role.

Drawing on a lifetime of thinking about Indo-China, he has created a narrative which is consistently seen from inside Vietnam but never loses sight of the connections to the outside. As wave after wave of invaders - whether Chinese, French, Japanese or American - have been ultimately expelled, we see the terrible cost to the Vietnamese themselves. Vietnams role in one of the Cold Wars longest conflicts has meant that its past has been endlessly abused for propaganda purposes and it is perhaps only now that the events which created the modern state can be seen from a truly historical perspective.

Christopher Goscha draws on the latest research and discoveries in Vietnamese, French and English. His book is a major achievement, describing both the grand narrative of Vietnams story but also the byways, curiosities, differences, cultures and peoples that have done so much over the centuries to define the many versions of Vietnam.

The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Goscha, Christopher