{"product_id":"vietnams-strategic-thinking-during-the-third-indochina-war-paperback-softback-9780299322748","title":"Vietnam's Strategic Thinking During the Third Indochina War (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299322748","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVietnam's Strategic Thinking During the Third Indochina War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKosal Path (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299322748\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 July 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages, 5 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe first academic monograph in any language dedicated to telling the story of the Third Indochina War from the Vietnamese perspective using predominantly Vietnamese archival sources. \u003ci\u003e. . . \u003c\/i\u003eIt will be required reading for scholars of Vietnamese, regional, and global Cold War diplomatic history and international relations for years to come. . . . An immense contribution.\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Vietnamese Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhen costly efforts to cement a strategic partnership with the Soviet Union failed, the combined political pressure of economic crisis at home and imminent external threats posed by a Sino-Cambodian alliance compelled Hanoi to reverse course. Moving away from the Marxist-Leninist ideology that had prevailed during the last decade of the Cold War era, the Vietnamese government implemented broad \u003ci\u003edoi moi\u003c\/i\u003e (\"renovation\") reforms intended to create a peaceful regional environment for the country's integration into the global economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn contrast to earlier studies, Path traces the moving target of these changing policy priorities, providing a vital addition to existing scholarship on asymmetric wartime decision-making and alliance formation among small states. The result uncovers how this critical period had lasting implications for the ways Vietnam continues to conduct itself on the global stage.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Abbreviations xi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Impact of the Economic Crisis, 1975–\u003cbr\u003e1978 19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 The Decision to Invade Cambodia, December 1978 52\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Mobilization for a Two-Front War, 1979–\u003cbr\u003e1981 79\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 The Two-Faced Enemy in Cambodia, 1979–\u003cbr\u003e1985 113\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Economic Regionalism in Indochina, 1982–\u003cbr\u003e1985 134\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 The Road to Doi Moi, 1986 167\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion 203\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes 211\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography 263\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex 285\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52653248217368,"sku":"9780299322748","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/vietnams-strategic-thinking-during-the-third-indochina-war-paperback-softback-9780299322748","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}