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Author Vu, Tuong, 1965- author.

Title Vietnam's communist revolution : the power and limits of ideology / Tuong Vu
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (352 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in US foreign relations
Cambridge studies in US foreign relations.
Summary 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
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Feb 2017)
Subject Revolutions -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
Revolutionaries -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
Communists -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
Ideology -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
Communism -- Vietnam -- Philosophy
Patriotism -- Vietnam -- Philosophy
Communism -- Philosophy.
Communists.
Diplomatic relations.
Ideology.
Politics and government.
Revolutionaries.
Revolutions.
War -- Causes.
SUBJECT Vietnam -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004607
Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Causes
Subject Vietnam.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781316650417
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9781107154025
1107154022
9781316607909
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