Author	Jamieson, Neil L
Title	Understanding Vietnam [electronic resource] / Neil L. Jamieson
Imprint	Berkeley, [Calif.] ; London : University of California Press, c1993
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520201576.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource (xv, 428 p.) : maps

This text argues that to understand the Vietnam War, we must understand the Vietnamese, their culture and their ways of looking at the world. The author spent many years living and working in Vietnam. Winner of the 1994 American Library Association's Outstanding Academic Book Award

1. Vietnam -- History -- 1858-1945
2. Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
3. Vietnam -- Intellectual life
4. Vietnam -- Intellectual life -- Western influences
5. Vietnam -- Politics and government -- 1945-1975