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The Vietnamese War
David W. P. Elliott
其他書名
Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975
出版M.E. Sharpe, 2007
主題Business & Economics / Economic HistoryHistory / Asia / GeneralHistory / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam WarHistory / Asia / Southeast AsiaSocial Science / Customs & TraditionsSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / GeneralSocial Science / Regional Studies
ISBN07656060389780765606037
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=JcUpuSZ5Cg8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋A monumental work of research and analysis, this is a history of the Vietnam War in a single province of the Mekong Delta over the period 1930-1975. More precisely, it is a study of the Vietnamese dimension of the "Vietnam War, " focusing on the revolutionary movement that became popularly known as the "Viet Cong." There are several distinctive features to this study: (1) it provides an explanation for the paradox of why the revolutionary movement was so successful during the war, but unable to meet the challenges of postwar developments; (2) it challenges the dominant theme of contemporary political analysis which assumes that people are "rational" actors responding to events with careful calculations of self-interest; (3) it closely examines province-level documentation that casts light on a number of important historical controversies about the war. No other history of the Vietnam War has drawn on such a depth of documentation, especially firsthand accounts that allow the Vietnamese participants to spea directly to us.