Vietnam
Anatomy of a Peace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12674045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth J Hammond (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 229-233 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Materialism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-4466 • E-ISSN: 1569-206X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156920698794751119 |
| OpenAlex | W2075249752 |
| Language | EN |
Vietnam: Anatomy of a Peace Gabriel Kolko London: Routledge, 1997 Reviewed by Kenneth J. Hammond Northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon, in Long Anh province lies the district of Cu Chi. Here, during Vietnam's long war against the Americans in the 1960s and early 1970s, a massive system of tunnels was constructed which allowed major forces of the Liberation Army to operate in close proximity to the nerve centre of the American military-sponsored regime. Thousands of soldiers and cadres of the National Liberation Front worked and lived in these tunnels, suffering under harsh jungle conditions, repeated incursions
Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · Front (military · Geography · Ho chi minh · Jungle · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Vietnam War · History · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |