Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Translator’s Preface V
3. Preface to the English Edition VII
4. Contents IX
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 The Shadow of China 3
7. Chapter 2 Neighbors to the South and West: Champa, Cambodia, Laos 19
8. Chapter 3 Vietnamese Society 41
9. Chapter 4 The Characteristics of Party and State Structure 63
10. Chapter 5 The Policy of Đổi Mới 90
11. Chapter 6 Scars of War 113
12. Chapter 7 Possibilities for Economic Development 124
13. Conclusion: The Nature of Assistance 145
14. Postscript 155
15. Afterword: Tsuboi Yoshiharu and Vietnam: The Past in the Present (Bradley C. Davis) 157
16. Bibliography (Works Cited and Written by Tsuboi Yoshiharu)
17. Brief Chronology of Vietnamese History 169
18. Index