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A Comprehensive Overview Of Warfare In Vietnamese History From The Early Efforts To Free Themselves From Chinese Control, Through The Indo-china And Vietnam Wars, The Vietnamese Invasion Of Cambodia, Up To The Sino-vietnamese War In 1979. Concentrating On The Vietnam War, The Author Explores The Conflict From The Vietnamese Perspective, Demonstrating How For Many Vietnamese The War Was Merely One Of A Long Series Of Struggles Against Foreign Domination. Encompassing Socio-political, Economic, Diplomatic And Cultural Issues, This Text Provides An Introduction To Vietnam's Military History And Will Be Of Interest To Students Of 20th Century American And Asian History.