This new collection explores the origins and key issues of the Third Indochina War, which began in 1979. Drawing on unique documentation from all sides, leading contributors reinterpret and demystify the long-term and immediate causes of the Vietnamese-Cambodian and Sino-Vietnamese conflicts. They closely examine how both the links between policies and policy assumptions in the countries involved, and the dynamics - national, regional and international - drove them towards war. Rather than explaining the conflicts as determined by age-old resentments and suspicions or seeing war between the former allies as the necessary outcome of the conflicts of the 1970s, the contributors to this volume look at the concrete causes for the breakdown in cooperation and the road to war. This volume includes even-handed assessments of the roles of the major players, including a look at the beginnings of Thai-Chinese military cooperation in support of the Khmer Rouge. The subjects covered remain highly relevant to inter-state relations in South East Asia, where border issues are still a cause of tension. An updated chronology of events leading to the outbreak of hostilities is also included. This book will be of immense interest to all students of the Third Indochina War, Southeast Asian history and of international relations and war studies in general.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415545051
eBay Product ID (ePID)
140022545
Product Key Features
Author
Odd Arne Westad, Sophie Quinn-Judge
Publication Name
The Third Indochina War: Conflict between China, Vietnam and Cambodia, 1972-79
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
252 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
386g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Odd Arne Westad, Sophie Quinn-Judge
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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