...Roy Jumper Le Viet-Minh. La Republique Democratique du Viet-Nam, 1945–1960 . By Bernard Fall . Paris : Librairie Armand Colin , 1960 . Cahiers de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, 106 . xii, 377. Preface by Paul Mus. Notes, Annexe, Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Maps...

...M. Ladd Thomas Notes on the Political and Administrative History of Viet Nam 1802–1962 . By Roy Jumper and Nguyen The Hue . Saigon : Michigan State University Viet Nam Advisory Group , 1962 . vii, 227 . (mimeo.) Bibliography on the Political and Administrative History of Viet Nam...

...Nora Taylor Arts of Việt Nam 1009–1954 . By Kerry Nguyễn-Long . Hanoi : Thế Giới Publishers , 2013 . xiv, 301 pp. $55.00 AUD (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2014  2014 English-language books on the history of Vietnamese art are few and far between...

...Roy Jumper Le Viêt Nam: Histoire et civilisation . By Lê Thánh Khôi . Paris : Editions de Minuit , 1955 . 587 . Tables, Maps, Bibliography, Index. 1800 frs. (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1957 1957 450 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES a description...

...Robert G. Scigliano Viet-Nam: The First Five Years. An International Symposium . Edited and Introduced by Richard W. Lindholm . East Lansing : Michigan State University Press , 1959 . xi, 365 . $6.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1960 1960 220 JOURNAL...

...Daniel S. Lev Why Viet-Nam? . By Frank N. Tracer . New York : Praeger , 1966 . vi, 238 pp. Epilogue, Appendix, Notes, Index. $4.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 544 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES And the Communists, who now challenge this Dr. Hoa...

...David Wurfel BOOK REVIEWS 543 ing on North Vietnam. Aptheker had the opportunity to provide this, but failed. JOSEPH J. ZASLOFF University of Pittsburgh Viet-Nam: Politics and Public Administration. BY NGHIEM DANG. Honolulu: East-West Center Press, 1966. xi, 437 pp. Charts, Appendix, Bibliography...

...Robert B. Jones Anh-Viêt Tu-Diên (English-Vietnamese Dictionary) . By Nguyên-vǎn-Khôn . Viêt-Dǎng, 1955 . Distributed by Educational Services, Washington, D. C. 1741. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1956 1956 610 FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY economic and social sectors...

...C. Michele Thompson Việt Nam: A History from Earliest Times to the Present . By Ben Kiernan . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2017 . xvi, 621 pp. ISBN: 9780195160765 (cloth, also available as e-book). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2019  2019 Ben Kiernan...

...John T. Dorsey, Jr Strategic Hamlets in South Viet-Nam: A Survey and a Comparison . By Milton E. Osborne . Ithaca, N. Y. : Data Paper Number 55, Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies, 1965 . ix, 66 , Map, Tables, Bibliography, Appendix. $2.50...

...Frank N. Trager War, Peace, and the Viet Cong . By Douglas Pike . Cambridge : The M.I.T. Press , 1969 . ix, 186 pp. Indexes. Paper, $2.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971 BOOK REVIEWS 925 eventual peace in that region seems remote. The Paris talks have...

... and Xiao 1992; Perry 1993; Wank 1995), nonstate actors are challenging the state's control over political life and attempting to redefine the political realm in ways that accommodate their own needs and interests. In Viet Nam, as Carlyle Thayer notes, the development of civil society is at a “nascent...

...A. Terry Rambo Viet Nam's Cultural Diversity: Approaches to Preservation . Edited by Oscar Salemink . Paris : UNESCO Publishing , 2001 . 282 pp. $43.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTHEAST ASIA 1017 the work's reductionist...

...Linda J. Yarr Gender, Household, State: Đỗi Mới in Việt Nam . Edited by Jayne Werner and Danièle Bélanger . Ithaca : Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Publications , 2002 . 151 pp. $13.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003 1028...

... by anyone interested in political change and capitalist development in Indonesia. MARK T. BERGER Murdoch University The Viet Nam War/The American War: Images and Representations in EuroAmerican and Vietnamese Exile Narratives. By R E N N Y C H R I S T O P H E R . Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press...

... upland groups receive scant attention. Nevertheless, Việt Nam: Borderless Histories showcases the innovative contributions of a new generation of scholarship. It will be indispensable to Việt Nam specialists and to those who are interested in identity and diversity in premodern and early modern...

...David W. Del Testa Mandarins et Subalternes au Nord du Viêt Nam: Une Bureaucratie à l'Épreuve (1820–1918) . By Emmanuel Poisson . Paris : Maisonneuve et Larose , 2004 . 355 pp. €34.00 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2005 2005 B O O K R E V I E W S S O U T H E...

...John K. Whitmore Colonialism and Language Policy in Viet Nam . By John DeFrancis . The Hague : Mouton , 1977 . xv, 293 pp. Maps and Illustrations, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. DM 45. (Distributed by de Gruyter.) Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1979 1979 620...

...Milton Osborne Socialisme et Développement au Viet Nam . By Le Thanh Khoi . Paris : Presses Universitaires de France , 1978 . 323 pp. Bibliography, N.p.l. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1979 1979 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTHEAST ASIA 623 looks at the complicated...

...Vu Ngu Chieu Abstract On March 9, 1945, the Japanese terminated French rule in Indochina and gave Viet-Nam its first “independent” government. As an accident of history, and although composed chiefly of technicians and professionals, the government of Tran Trong Kim unexpectedly carried out...