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Groundbreaking.Goscha has provided quite simply the finest, most readable single-volume history of Vietnam in English.
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Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese rule reshaped and modernized Vietnam, but so too did the colonial enterprises of the Vietnamese themselves as they extended their influence southward from the Red River Delta. Over the centuries, numerous kingdoms, dynasties, and states have ruled over and fought for what is now Vietnam. The bloody Cold War-era conflict between Ho Chi Minh s communist-backed Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the American-backed Republic of Vietnam was only the most recent instance when war divided and transformed Vietnam.
over 50% in a little more than a year. russia s economy is forecast to drop 3.5% because of that free fall he points out. what s more, the global supply is still growing at a break neck pace. so russia s oil-dependent economy is not likely to get a break any time soon. despite the bravado and the recent power in ukraine, this period in history might be one of the low points. butler s article points to a new book called restless empire that features maps showing the vast reach over the years. today russia is weaker than it has been at almost any time in the last 300 years, the book observes. to add insult to injury, they are one of the least popular nations in the world. in a recent survey, just 30% of