The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam - Goscha Christopher

The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam
4.00 Oceń książkę!

Autor: Goscha Christopher

 Wydawnictwo: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780141047010
EAN: 9780141047010
Format: 195 x 125 x 30
Oprawa: Miękka
Stron: 648
Data wydania: 2017
Gdzie kupić tanią książkę?
Selkar
książka
55.47zł
Kup książkę
Książka w Twoim domu w ciągu 48h
Over the centuries the Vietnamese have beenboth colonizers themselves and the victims of colonization by others. Their country expanded, shrunk, split and sometimes disappeared, often under circumstances far beyond their control. Despite these often overwhelming pressures, Vietnam has survived as one of Asia's most striking and complex cultures.

As more and more visitors come to this extraordinary country, there has been for some years a need for a major history - a book which allows the outsider to understand the many layers left by earlier emperors, rebels, priests and colonizers. Christopher Goscha's new work amply fills this role. Drawing on a lifetime of thinking about Indo-China, he has created a narrative which is consistently seen from 'inside' Vietnam but never loses sight of the connections to the 'outside'. As wave after wave of invaders - whether Chinese, French, Japanese or American - have been ultimately expelled, we see the terrible cost to the Vietnamese themselves. Vietnam's role in one of the Cold War's longest conflicts has meant that its past has been endlessly abused for propaganda purposes and it is perhaps only now that the events which created the modern state can be seen from a truly historical perspective.

Książka "The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam"
Goscha Christopher