Viet Nam: A History from Earliest Times to the Present

by Ben Kiernan

Book Overview

For many Westerners, the name Vietnam evokes images of a bloody televised American war that generated a firestorm of protest and brought conflict into their living rooms. In his sweeping account, Ben Kiernan broadens this vision by narrating the rich history of the peoples who have inhabited the land now known as Viet Nam over the past three thousand years.

Despite the tragedies of the American-Vietnamese conflict, Viet Nam has always been...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195160762
• ISBN13: 9780195160765
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"