Vietnam: Past and Present

by D.R. SarDesai

“An indispensable tool for college students and general readers, the only available text that treats Vietnamese history in its entirety, from its beginning to the twenty-first century, as it places Vietnam within the regional and global context. SarDesai’s Vietnam looks at Vietnam as a country and not just as a war. The text has also benefited from its author’s decades-long expertise on Southeast Asia as reflected in the comprehensive bibliography and use of the latest works.” ―NGUYEN THI DIEU, Ph.D., Temple University

Genres: History, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published April 6, 1992

About the author

Dr. Damodar R. SarDesai is Emeritus Professor of History at UCLA. He formerly served as both Chair and Vice-Chair of the History Department at UCLA. Professor SarDesai is one of the world's leading South-East Asia scholars, although he has also researched & written extensively in the field of South Asian studies, and is perhaps best known as the author of 'Southeast Asia: Past & Present', which is now in its seventh edition. Professor SarDesai has received so many grants, awards and honors during the course of his career that I am not even going to attempt listing them.

Reviews

[Pamela]

Interesting book but unfortunately the author rehashes the same information and facts over and over again.