Vietnam and the West / / ed. by Wynn Wilcox.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Fox, Diane Niblack,; Gilbert, Marc Jason,; Kukk, Christopher L.,; Lessard, Micheline,; Ostrowski, Brian,; Quinn-Judge, Sophie,; Thompson, C.Michele,; Wehrle, Edmund F.,; Wilcox, Wynn,
• HerausgeberIn: Wilcox, Wynn,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

This 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: THE CO-FIGURATION OF VIETNAM AND THE WEST -- PART I.PRECOLONIAL ENCOUNTERS (TO 1862) -- THE RISE OF CHRISTIAN NOM LITERATURE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY VIETNAM: FUSING EUROPEAN CONTENT AND LOCAL EXPRESSION -- JEAN MARIE DESPIAU: UNJUSTLY MALIGNED PHYSICIAN IN THE MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE NGUYEN -- DANG DUC TUAN AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY VIETNAMESE CHRISTIAN IDENTITY -- PART II.FRENCH AND AMERICAN ENCOUNTERS (1862-1975) -- MORE THAN HALF THE SKY: VIETNAMESE WOMEN AND ANTI-FRENCH POLITICAL ACTIVISM, 1858-1945 -- PERSUADING THE ENEMY: VIETNAMESE APPEALS TO NON- WHITE FORCES OF OCCUPATION, 1945-1975 -- THE PARADOX OF WESTERN-STYLE TRADE UNIONISM IN SOUTH VIETNAM -- THE SEARCH FOR A THIRD FORCE IN VIETNAM: FROM THE QUIET AMERICAN TO THE PARIS PEACE AGREEMENT -- PART III.RECENT ENCOUNTERS (1975-PRESENT) -- AGENT ORANGE, VIETNAM, AND THE UNITED STATES: BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES -- STRATEGIC WATERS, TRAGIC WATERS: WATER PRIVATIZATION IN VIETNAM -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS