{"product_id":"vietnam-and-the-west-9780877277828","title":"Vietnam and the West","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sound interpretation of Vietnamese cultural attitudes contends that a major reason for American difficulties in Viet-Nam has been the failure to appreciate how wide the gulf is between Viet-Nam and the West. Professor Smith first describes Vietnamese political and social traditions and shows how they were challenged by the West after 1858. He examines Viet-Nam''s search for independence and modernization in the first half of this century, contrasts the two governments of the partitioned country during the years 1954-1963, and stresses the critical need to reassess attitudes toward Viet-Nam. His sophisticated, ambitious survey of Viet-Nam history will have a lasting value that sets it apart from the scores of ephemeral books on this country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVietnam and the West\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart, ambitious... collection.... [that] manages to unearth nuanced historical nuggets complicating the internal\/external binaries and domestic\/foreign relationship perceptions of nearly all previous Vietnamese historical scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e * South East Asian Research *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406437851479,"sku":"9780877277828","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780877277828.jpg?v=1730495807","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vietnam-and-the-west-9780877277828","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}