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Vietnam's Southern Revolution: From Peasant Insurrection to Total War, 1959-1968 (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War)
David Hunt
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Description for Vietnam's Southern Revolution: From Peasant Insurrection to Total War, 1959-1968 (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War)
Paperback. Offers an analysis of the Vietnam War as experienced by the Vietnamese peasantry. This book shows how peasants, who earlier had aspired to a kind of revolutionary modernism, found themselves struggling to survive and to cope with the American intruders who poured into My Tho. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JPWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
This book offers a path-breaking analysis of the Vietnam War as experienced by the Vietnamese peasantry.In Vietnam, the American government vowed to win the 'hearts and minds' of the people. On the other side, among those who led and sympathized with the insurgents, the term 'people's war' gained a wide currency. Yet while much has been written about those who professed to speak for the Vietnamese population, we know surprisingly little about the everyday life of the peasants who made up the bulk of the country's inhabitants. This book illuminates that subject. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including ... Read more
This book offers a path-breaking analysis of the Vietnam War as experienced by the Vietnamese peasantry.In Vietnam, the American government vowed to win the 'hearts and minds' of the people. On the other side, among those who led and sympathized with the insurgents, the term 'people's war' gained a wide currency. Yet while much has been written about those who professed to speak for the Vietnamese population, we know surprisingly little about the everyday life of the peasants who made up the bulk of the country's inhabitants. This book illuminates that subject. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Series
Culture, Politics & the Cold War
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558496927
SKU
V9781558496927
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About David Hunt
DAVID HUNT is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Reviews for Vietnam's Southern Revolution: From Peasant Insurrection to Total War, 1959-1968 (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War)
This is a marvelous work of globally inflected social history that marks a sharp and welcome departure from much of the existing literature on the war. Hunt's book takes us for the first time deep into the interior worlds of war and revolution. It is also beautifully written, demonstrating a keen eye for the illuminating example and the succinct quotation. ... Read more