China and Vietnam: The Politics of Asymmetry

by Brantly Womack

Book Overview

In their three thousand years of interaction, China and Vietnam have been through a full range of relationships. Throughout all these fluctuations the one constant has been that China is always the larger power, and Vietnam the smaller. Yet China has rarely been able to dominate Vietnam, and the relationship is shaped by its asymmetry. The Sino-Vietnamese relationship provides the perfect ground for developing and exploring the effects of asymmetry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521618347
• ISBN13: 9780521618342
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"