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Vietnam: the real enemy - Ngo Vinh Long

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A short history of Vietnam, through French colonialism and the American invasion, up until the Doi Moi reforms of the late 1980s. Article is by the Vietnamese historian Ngo Vinh Long and appeared in the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars in 1989.

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Ngo Vinh Long
Submitted by adri on April 24, 2023

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vietnam_ngo_vinh_long.pdf (10.24 MB)
  • Vietnam
  • Vietnam war
  • imperialism
  • colonialism

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