Vietnam: An Illustrated History

by Shelton Woods and L. Shelton Woods

Book Overview

Complemented by more than 50 illustrations, this volume offers a panoramic view of Vietnam and its people. Its recounting of the story of Vietnam begins more than two thousand years ago, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078180910X
• ISBN13: 9780781809108
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

An excellent place to begin

If you would like to undertake the daunting task of studying the history of the little-understood country of Vietnam, this is the place to begin. Professor Woods book is brief, but not deficient. It is readable, concise, and entertaining--characteristics not often found in history texts. Furthermore, the illustrations and maps make the narrative come alive. While the book is too short to answer all of the student's questions, it will give general guidelines to launch a more comprehensive study of Vietnam and its related countries in Asia. Woods is a terrific scholar with the unique ability to cut through the scholarly jargon and verbosity to give the reader a clear overall picture of what Vietnam's history is all about.