Changing worlds: Vietnam's transition from Cold War to globalization
"For the most of the twentieth century, the country of Vietnam has served as a symbol of the bipolar system of rival ideological blocs that characterized the Cold War. As the conflict over communism waned in the 1980s, Vietnam faced the tough task of remaking itself as nation in the eyes of its people and of the world. In Changing Worlds, David W.P. Elliot, a participant in the Aspen Institute's U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue who has spent the past forty years working closely with the people and governm…
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- Full title :Changing worlds : Vietnam's transition from Cold War to globalization / David W.P. Elliott.
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"For the most of the twentieth century, the country of Vietnam has served as a symbol of the bipolar system of rival ideological blocs that characterized the Cold War. As the conflict over communism waned in the 1980s, Vietnam faced the tough task of remaking itself as nation in the eyes of its people and of the world. In Changing Worlds, David W.P. Elliot, a participant in the Aspen Institute's U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue who has spent the past forty years working closely with the people and government of Vietnam, chronicles the evolution of the Vietnamese state as we know it today."--Publisher's description.
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- Publication Date:2012.
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 vol. (XVIII-408 p.- [6] p. de pl.) : : ill. ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780195383348 (rel), 0195383346 (rel)
- oclc:ocn835060833
- LC Classification:DS559.912
Table of Contents
On the eve of Doi Moi reform (1975-1986) -- The year of living dangerously (1989) -- Changing partners in a changing world (1990-1991) -- Wary reconciliation (1992-1995) -- Uncertain transition (1996-1999) -- Taking the plunge (2000-2006) -- A strategy for the twenty-first century -- Rhetoric and reality
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