Vietnam : the price of peace
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Vietnam : the price of peace
Oxfam, c1992
- : pbk
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"Oxfam's country brief series"-- p. [4] of cover
Description and Table of Contents
Description
There is very little up-to-date information available on Vietnam and this has resulted in many popular misconceptions about the country. This book is an introduction to Vietnam which looks at the poverty and problems facing the country as a legacy of the Vietnam war and the long international isolation it has suffered as a result. The book examines the nature of Oxfam's longstanding involvement with the efforts of the Vietnamese people to overcome the many difficulties they face. The country is changing rapidly and this book considers the possibilities for the future development of Vietnam.
Table of Contents
- Facts and figures
- History
- Ho Chi Minh
- The American War
- One country, two peoples
- A half chance of paradise - refugees and "boat people"
- Vietnam's perestroika - Doi Moi
- Back to the family farm - agriculture
- A long and rocky road - the economy
- The doctor is out selling... - health provison in Vietnam
- A most literate nation - education
- Women are equal to men... but - women's situation in Vietnam
- Battered by nature - typhoons and floods
- From Agent Orange to eroding earth - environmental problems
- Gods under Marx - religious belief
- View from the hills - ethnic minorities and traditional cultures
- Tet - the celebration of the lunar new year
- The democracy taboo - politics and human rights
- The outlaw state
- Reaching out to the world
- Oxfam in Vietnam.
by "Nielsen BookData"