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The Second Indochina War

A Concise Political and Military History

By: William S. Turley

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The Second Indochina War

A Concise Political and Military History

By: William S. Turley

Now in a thoroughly revised edition, this influential book offers a concise history of the "Vietnam War" as seen by all sides, not just from the American perspective. Retaining its invaluable account of the strategies, perspectives, and internal politics of the Vietnamese Communists based on research in primary documents and interviews in Saigon and Hanoi, this completely updated and expanded edition incorporates the avalanche of documentation and secondary literature in both English and Vietnamese that has appeared over the past two decades. Distinguished scholar William S. Turley traces the conflict from its origins in the colonial period to its aftermath and shows how the local, national, regional, and global layers of conflict blended into a single event of great complexity. He takes a refreshingly objective look at contentious issues and concludes with a penetrating assessment of the claims, justifications, and "lessons" that scholars, statesmen, and strategists have advanced since the war's end. More information is available on the author's website.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0742557456

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9780742557451

Vietnamese Communism In Comparative Perspective

By: William S Turley

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Vietnamese Communism In Comparative Perspective

By: William S Turley

This book focuses on how the Vietnam Communist party adapted to its environment in order to achieve and exercise power and to what degree these adaptations made the Vietnamese revolution distinctive.

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Routledge

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1000011127

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9781000011128

Reinventing Vietnamese Socialism

Doi Moi In Comparative Perspective

By: William S Turley,Mark Selden

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Reinventing Vietnamese Socialism

Doi Moi In Comparative Perspective

By: William S Turley,Mark Selden

This book presents a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives on the problematic of reform in Vietnam. It explores the Vietnam's reforms in relation to those taking place in other countries of the socialist world, comparing doi moi with restructuring in other socialist states.

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Routledge

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100030955X

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The A to Z of Vietnam

By: Bruce M. Lockhart,William J. Duiker

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The A to Z of Vietnam

By: Bruce M. Lockhart,William J. Duiker

Vietnam became part of French Indochina in 1887 and did not regain its independence again until after the Vietnam War. However, despite a relatively peaceful two decades the country experienced little economic growth because of conservative leadership policies. In an effort to change this stagnation, Vietnamese authorities have committed to economic liberalization and enacted structural reforms needed to modernize the economy and to produce more competitive, export-driven industries. The A to Z of Vietnam focuses on the recent changes and leadership of Vietnam while giving due attention to the earlier kingdoms, the period of French Indochina, the wars for liberation, the Vietnam War, and much more. Hundreds of cross-referenced A to Z dictionary entries are included on political, economic, social and cultural aspects as well as the major cities and geographic features. This book also contains a chronology and introduction that traces Vietnam's history, as well as a bibliography.

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Scarecrow Press

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1461731925

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9781461731924

Historical Dictionary of Vietnam

By: Bruce M. Lockhart,William J. Duiker

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Historical Dictionary of Vietnam

By: Bruce M. Lockhart,William J. Duiker

Vietnam became part of French Indochina in 1887 and did not regain its independence again until after the Vietnam War. However, despite a relatively peaceful two decades the country experienced little economic growth because of conservative leadership policies. In an effort to change this stagnation, Vietnamese authorities have committed to economic liberalization and enacted structural reforms needed to modernize the economy and to produce more competitive, export-driven industries. The third edition of this dictionary focuses on the recent changes and leadership of Vietnam while giving due attention to the earlier kingdoms, the period of French Indochina, the wars for liberation, the Vietnam War, and much more. Hundreds of cross-referenced A to Z dictionary entries are included on political, economic, social and cultural aspects as well as the major cities and geographic features. This book also contains a chronology and introduction that traces Vietnam's history, as well as a bibliography.

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081086505X

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9780810865051

Hanoi

Biography of a City

By: William Stewart Logan

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Hanoi

Biography of a City

By: William Stewart Logan

This text traces the history of the fabric of Hanoi from its origins 1000 years ago. It examines how the shape of the city reflects changing political, cultural and economic conditions over a millennium of intermittent warfare and waves of cultural change and migration. Drawing on his experience as heritage advisor, the author looks at the challenges facing those who seek to preserve the best features of Hanoi's architecture and streetscapes, while improving the living conditions of its residents.

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UNSW Press

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0868404438

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9780868404431

Asia-Pacific Strategic Relations

Seeking Convergent Security

By: William T. Tow

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Asia-Pacific Strategic Relations

Seeking Convergent Security

By: William T. Tow

This comprehensive 2002 book is an overview of security issues in the Asia-Pacific. It is also an argument for a strategy that promises to achieve greater regional stability. It argues that current approaches by policy-makers increase the likelihood of conflict. Instead, it proposes that a strategy of 'convergent security' be adopted to build a more enduring and peaceful regional security framework. A concise survey of key approaches to regional security politics, it presents a vast selection of empirical discussion, both historical and current. Assessing the outlook for the three powers most likely to vie for regional dominance - the United States, China and Japan - the book also reviews the prospects for other secondary powers, including Korea and Taiwan and analyses the role of Australia and the ASEAN nations of Southeast Asia. Unique, accessible, authoritative and broad-ranging survey designed for a wide body of analysts and students of contemporary Asian politics and strategy.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521003687

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9780521003681

U. S. Containment Policy and the Conflict in Indochina

By: William Duiker

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U. S. Containment Policy and the Conflict in Indochina

By: William Duiker

From the end of World War II down to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the primary objective of U.S. foreign policy has been to prevent the expansion of communism. Indeed, that objective was directly embodied in the so-called strategy of containment, a global approach to the pursuit of U.S. national security interests that was first adumbrated by George F. Kennan in 1947 and later became the guiding force in U.S. foreign policy. At first, the concept of containment was applied primarily to Europe. It was there that the threat to U.S. interests from international communism directed from Moscow was first perceived, in the form of Soviet efforts to dominate the nations of Eastern Europe and extend Soviet influence into the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. Other areas of the world—Asia, Africa, and Latin America—were considered to be less threatened by forces hostile to the free world or more peripheral to U.S. foreign policy concerns. At least that was the view initially proclaimed by George Kennan himself, who identified five areas in the world as vital to the United States: North America, Great Britain, Central Europe, the USSR, and Japan. Only the latter was located in Asia. By the end of the decade, however, the focus of U.S. containment strategy was extended to include East and Southeast Asia, primarily because of the increasing likelihood of a communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, which, in the minds of some U.S. policymakers, would be tantamount to giving the Soviet Union a dominant position on the Asian mainland. Added to the growing threat in China was the increasingly unstable situation in Southeast Asia, where the long arc of colonies that had been established by the imperialist powers during the last half of the nineteenth century was gradually but inexorably being replaced by independent states. The emergence of such colonial territories into independence was generally viewed as a welcome prospect by foreign policy observers in Washington, but when combined with the impending victory of communist forces in China it raised the unsettling possibility that the entire region might be brought within the reach of the Kremlin.

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Stanford University Press

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0804765812

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9780804765817

Boston's Back Bay

The Story of America's Greatest Nineteenth-century Landfill Project

By: William A. Newman,Wilfred E. Holton

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Boston's Back Bay

The Story of America's Greatest Nineteenth-century Landfill Project

By: William A. Newman,Wilfred E. Holton

A fascinating look at the people, politics, and technology behind the massive landfill project that filled Boston's Back Bay

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UPNE

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1555536514

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9781555536510

Finding Shakespeare's New Place

An archaeological biography

By: Paul Edmondson,Kevin Colls,William Mitchell

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Finding Shakespeare's New Place

An archaeological biography

By: Paul Edmondson,Kevin Colls,William Mitchell

This ground-breaking book provides an abundance of fresh insights into Shakespeare's life in relation to his lost family home, New Place. The findings of a major archaeological excavation encourage us to think again about what New Place meant to Shakespeare and, in so doing, challenge some of the long-held assumptions of Shakespearian biography. New Place was the largest house in the borough and the only one with a courtyard. Shakespeare was only ever an intermittent lodger in London. His impressive home gave Shakespeare significant social status and was crucial to his relationship with Stratford-upon-Avon. Archaeology helps to inform biography in this innovative and refreshing study which presents an overview of the site from prehistoric times through to a richly nuanced reconstruction of New Place when Shakespeare and his family lived there, and beyond. This attractively illustrated book is for anyone with a passion for archaeology or Shakespeare.

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Manchester University Press

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1526106515

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The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part IV

July 1965-January 1968

By: William Conrad Gibbons

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The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part IV

July 1965-January 1968

By: William Conrad Gibbons

This fourth volume of a five-part policy history of the U.S. government and the Vietnam War covers the core period of U.S. involvement, from July 1965, when the decision was made to send large-scale U.S. forces, to the beginning of 1968, just before the Tet offensive and the decision to seek a negotiated settlement. Using a wide variety of archival sources and interviews, the book examines in detail the decisions of the president, relations between the president and Congress, and the growth of public and congressional opposition to the war. Differences between U.S. military leaders on how the war should be fought are also included, as well as military planning and operations. Among many other important subjects, the financial effects of the war and of raising taxes are considered, as well as the impact of a tax increase on congressional and public support for the war. Another major interest is the effort by Congress to influence the conduct of the war and to place various controls on U.S. goals and operations. The emphasis throughout this richly textured narrative is on providing a better understanding of the choices facing the United States and the way in which U.S. policymakers tried to find an effective politico-military strategy, while also probing for a diplomatic settlement. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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140085296X

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9781400852963

The Second Indochina War

A Concise Political and Military History

By: William S. Turley

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The Second Indochina War

A Concise Political and Military History

By: William S. Turley

Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this classic history of the "Vietnam Wa"' as seen by all participants takes into account the wealth of research and writing on the war since the book's original publication more than two decades ago. Leading scholar William S. Turley combines original research, thorough knowledge of the literature, his own insight from many trips to Vietnam during and since the war, and sound interpretation into a succinct and well-crafted analysis that provides balanced treatment of the Vietnamese, Lao, Khmer, and American dimensions of the war.

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Rowman & Littlefield Pub Incorporated

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0742555267

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9780742555266

The U. S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships

July 1965-January 1968

By: William Conrad Gibbons

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The U. S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships

July 1965-January 1968

By: William Conrad Gibbons

This is a study of U.S. government policymaking during the 30 years of the Vietnam war, 1945-75, beginning with the 1945-1960 period. Although focusing on the course of events in Washington and between Washington and U.S. officials on the scene, it also depicts major events and trends in Vietnam to which the U.S. was responding, as well as the state of American public opinion and public activity directed at supporting or opposing the war."--Preface.

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0691006350

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9780691006352

EBOOK: Auditing and Assurance Services

By: Cornelie Crous,Jana Lamprecht,Aasmund Eilifsen,William Messier Jr,Steven Glover,Douglas Prawitt

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EBOOK: Auditing and Assurance Services

By: Cornelie Crous,Jana Lamprecht,Aasmund Eilifsen,William Messier Jr,Steven Glover,Douglas Prawitt

Auditing & Assurance Services, First South African Edition, combines a genuine international perspective with South African examples and coverage of the landmark changes within the South African auditing environment. Key features include: South African content - The authors weave regionally specific content and examples throughout the text and cover the changes to the regulatory and corporate governance environment in South Africa. International perspective - Professional practice and regulation all over the world is driven by international events and initiatives. The clarified ISAs are fully integrated into the chapters with international real-world cases used to illustrate concepts and application. Systematic approach - The text gives students a deep understanding and working knowledge of fundamental auditing concepts and how they are applied. The core foundation of the text and its focus on critical judgements and decision-making processes prepare students for today’s complex and dynamic audit environment. Student engagement - A student-friendly writing style and a variety of real-life examples make the text easily accessible. Each chapter ends with a comprehensive variety of materials to apply and test students’ understanding of acquired knowledge.

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McGraw Hill

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0077152484

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Historical Dictionary of Vietnam

Historical Dictionary of Vietnam

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Asia-Pacific Strategic Relations

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U. S. Containment Policy and the Conflict in Indochina

U. S. Containment Policy and the Conflict in Indochina

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Finding Shakespeare's New Place

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The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part IV

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EBOOK: Auditing and Assurance Services

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