1st Edition

Ending the Vietnam War The Vietnamese Communists' Perspective

By Ang Cheng Guan Copyright 2004
212 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Existing studies of the Vietnam War have been written mostly from an American perspective, using western sources, and viewing the conflict through western eyes. This book, based on extensive original research, including Vietnamese, Chinese and former Soviet sources, tells the story of the war from the Tet offensive in 1968 up to the reunification of Vietnam in April 1975. Overall, it provides an... Read more
Introduction 1. The Start of Negotiations 2. The Widening War 3. Fighting and Negotiating 4. Negotiations at a Standstill 5. The Peace Agreement 6. An Incomplete Victory 7. Ending the War

Biography

Ang Cheng Guan is currently Head of Studies and Associate Professor at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests include the international history of the Vietnam War and post-World War II Southeast Asia.