The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam

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Review ------ Challenges myths, and raises questions about the sot republic's political future... groundbreaking... Goscha manages the (not easy) task of showing Vietnam's complexity without losing the reader with too much detail... quite simply the finest, most readable single-volume history of Vietnam in English' (Joshua Kurlantzick Guardian) A vigorous, eye-opening account of a country of great importance to the world, past and future. (Kirkus Reviews) For those who have wanted a distinct and comprehensive overview of Vietnam's history, this is it. Christopher Goscha has an eye for how history connects through generations and how a country can rise from disasters in a new form, without losing of its past (Odd Arne Westad, author of Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750) A splendid achievement. Christopher Goscha is one of our leading historians of modern Vietnam, and he shows it in this nuanced, fair-minded, deeply humane book. Destined to be a standard work on the subject (Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam) Powerful 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 Goscha's book is a brilliant account of that country's history. Paying careful attention to Vietnamese voices as well as those of colonizers, he constructs a narrative that sets Vietnam in context, and makes it for western readers so much more than a half-remembered event in the Cold War (Rana Mitter) A perceptive and much needed contribution to our understanding of Vietnam. Christopher Goscha's prodigious research is equaled only by his understanding of Vietnamese culture, people, and history (Larry Berman, author of Perfect : The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent) From the Back Cover ------------------- 'Magnificent' Mark Philip Bradley, London Review of Books 'For readers seeking a concise, inful and readable guide to the complexity and variety of Vietnam's modern history, this book is an excellent choice' Ronald Spector, Wall Street Journal 'Powerful and compelling ... Paying careful attention to Vietnamese voices as well as those of colonizers, he constructs a narrative that sets Vietnam in context' Rana Mitter 'An articulate, informative read' Jonathan Mirsky, Literary Review 'A thorough and thoughtful new history' Economist 'For those who have wanted a distinct and comprehensive overview of Vietnam's history, this is it' Odd Arne Westad, author of Restless Empire