Vietnam and the West : new approaches
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Vietnam and the West : new approaches
（Studies on Southeast Asia, no. 52）
Southeast Asia Program Publications, Southeast Asia Program, Cornel University, 2010
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"This volume grew out of a conference with the same title that was held at Western Connecticut State University on December 4-5, 2005."--Acknowledgments
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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. He examines Viet-Nam's search for independence and modernization in the first half of this century, contrasts the two governments of the partitioned country during the years 1954-1963, and stresses the critical need to reassess attitudes toward Viet-Nam. His sophisticated, ambitious survey of Viet-Nam history will have a lasting value that sets it apart from the scores of ephemeral books on this country.
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