Chiến tranh Đông dương 3 - The Third Indochina War

Original Title in Vietnamese by Author: Hoàng Dung
Chiến tranh Đông dương 3 - Chiến tranh biên giới Hoa Việt, Miên Việt 1979.
Proposed translation of Title in English:The Third Indochina War or The 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War.

About the Author: 
A medical doctor who served the South-Vietnam Army, the author underwent re-education camp in post-war Vietnam. After his imprisonment, he left for the US and has been practicing medecine there since. During the conflicts with China and Cambodia, he was still living in Vietnam and had been studying the evolution of the situation. In his US residence, as a hobby, he later started extensive research on the subject.
Indochina III - is an analysis of the post-1975 Sino-Vietnamese conflict. Parts 1 to P6 present an introduction on Cambodia's history, pre-1975 Vietnam-Cambodia conflict, and reveal the foundation of the Cambodian Communist Party, the post-1975 relationship between Vietnam, Cambodia and China, SRVN's and China's efforts to establish diplomatic relations with US. Parts 7-9 cover the conflicts between Vietnam and China. Parts 10-13 present an overview of Chinese politics and diplomatic relations with Vietnam, its objectives and strategy in preparing the war against Vietnam in 1979. Parts 14 is a valuable description of the main historical characters during this period. Note: Cf. also list on Stanley Karnow's book (Vietnam: A History). The conclusion gives a brief description of how infantry troops of the SRVN's People's Army are organised.

Vietnam, A History

Original title in English by Author: Stanley Karnow
Vietnamese Title: Cuộc chiến không ai thắng (trích)
Vietnamese Translator: Hoang Nguyen
Publishers: Penguin Books, WGBH Education Foundation and Stanley Karnow, 1983, 1991, 1997. ISBN: 978-0-14-026547-7
Audiobook: Blackstone Audio, 2006.
Back Cover:
The Definitive History of the Vietnam War, Revised and Updated
This monumental narrative clarfies, analyzes, and demystifies the tragic ordeal of the Vietnam war. Free of ideological bias, profound in its understanding, and compassionate in its humain portrayals, it is filled with fresh revelations drawn from secret documents and from exclusive interviews with the participants- French - American, Vietnamese, Chinese: diplomats, military commanders, high government officials, journalists, nurses, workers and soldiers.
With over one million copies sold, Vietnam: A History puts events and decisions into such sharp focus that we come to understand - and make peace with - a convulsive epoch of our recent history.

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Một ngày là mười năm! (Ten Years in One Day)

Original Title in Vietnamese: Một ngày là mười năm!
Author: Phạm Quang Đẩu
Publisher: Lao Dong Publishing, 2007
Proposed English Title: Ten Years in One Day

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Vietnam, Parcours d'une Nation

Original Title in French by Author: Philippe Papin
Collection Documentation Française, Paris, 1999.
ISBN 2-11-004224-9


Review:
Tirant sa force de ses traditions, de son histoire et de sa situation géographique qui le place au contact de la Chine et de l'Asie du Sud-Est, le Vietnam est passé maître dans l'art de composer, d'assimiler et finalement d'intégrer tout ce qui, à diverses époques, s'est imposé à lui. Maintenant délié du poids des conflits qui ont marqué son histoire récente et livré à lui-même depuis la chute du bloc du l'Est, le Vietnam est confronté à de nouveaux défis: modifier son mode de fonctionnement économique tout en épargnant les structures sociales, assurer la transition vers l'économie de marché tout en conservant intacte la doctrine politique, s'assurer le soutien de nouveaux partenaires diplomatiques tout en ménageant le puissant voisin chinois. L'auteur propose d'aborder ces diverses questions sous l'angle d'une perspective historique seule capable de faire comprendre les ressorts de la singularité vietnamienne.


About the Author:
Ancien élève de l'Ecole normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud et agrégé d'Histoire, est actuellement membre de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient en poste au Vietnam. Auteur d'une thèse sur la ville de Hanoi, ses recherches portent maintenant sur la société rurale au Vietnam des XV et XVI siècles.