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  • Reading South Vietnam's Writers

    The Reception of Western Thought in Journalism and Literature

    Edited by Thomas Engelbert, Chi P. Pham ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This edited book examines how South Vietnam’s (formerly the Republic of Vietnam 1955-1975) literary and journalistic writers were perceived and - potentially - influenced by Western thought, led by thinkers such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Franz Kafka, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann, Martin Heidegger, Hermann Hesse, Edmund Husserl, Stefan Zweig, Graham Greene, and Somerset Maugham. The book reveals the ... Read more

    $166.49 CAD

  • Vietnam's Ethnic and Religious Minorities:

    A Historical Perspective

    Edited by Jörg Thomas Engelbert ...
    The book deals with Vietnam’s ethnic and religious minorities in a historical perspective. The time frame stretches from the pre-colonial era to contemporary times. Except for one paper on the situation of the Vietnam-China border area, the authors focus on South or Southern Central Vietnam. The Chinese, the Cham and the Bahnar represent three different categories of ethnic minorities: the so ... Read more

    $79.39 CAD

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  • Fire in the Lake

    The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

    by Frances FitzGerald ...
    A "compassionate and penetrating" landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War ( New York Times Book Review)."Fitzgerald's Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning study of the Vietnam War remains essential reading thirty years after its initial publication." — Library JournalThis magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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  • The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam

    by Christopher Goscha ...
    WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S JOHN K. FAIRBANK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 2017'This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English. It challenges myths, and raises questions about the socialist republic's political future' Guardian'Powerful and compelling. Vietnam will be of growing importance in the twenty-first-century world, particularly as ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • A Story of Vietnam

    by Truong Buu Lam ...
    A Story of Vietnam is the first comprehensive and inclusive history of Vietnam written in English. It relates Vietnam's past from its origins to the present (2010). It gives as much emphasis to culture as to politics. I call it a story and not a history, because I do not want it to be the usual conventional textbook, overburdened with interminable references and footnotes.A Story of Vietnam can ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nothing Ever Dies

    Vietnam and the Memory of War

    by Harvard ...
    Finalist, National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist, National Book Award in NonfictionA New York Times Book Review “The Year in Reading” SelectionAll wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • Star Trek and Philosophy

    The Wrath of Kant

    by Kevin S. Decker, Jason T. Eberl ...
    Series Book 35 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Philosophy and space travel are characterized by the same fundamental purpose: exploration. An essential guide for both philosophers and Trekkers, Star Trek and Philosophy combines a philosophical spirit of inquiry with the beloved television and film series to consider questions not only about the scientific prospects of interstellar travel but also the inward journey to examine the human ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy

    The Search for Socrates

    by William Irwin ...
    Series series The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
    Reunites the editors of Star Trek and Philosophy with Starfleet’s finest experts for 31 new, highly logical essaysFeatures a complete examination of the Star Trek universe, from the original series to the most recent films directed by J.J. Abrams, Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)Introduces important concepts in philosophy through the vast array of provocative issues raised by ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Dragon Ascending

    Vietnam and the Vietnamese

    by Henry Kamn ...
    A firsthand report on contemporary Vietnam presents a portrait of a nation that is struggling under the hold of Communism and places the Vietnam war in the perspective of a four-thousand-year-old history. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Even the Women Must Fight

    Memories of War from North Vietnam

    by Karen Gottschang Turner ...
    Even the Women Must Fight"Karen Turner and Phan Thanh Hao have brought scholarship and compassion to a long-neglected aspect of the Vietnam War--the contributions of Vietnamese women to the independence struggle of their nation and the terrible price they paid for their courage and patriotism."--Neil Sheehan, author of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.A searing chronicle ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • After the Massacre

    Commemoration and Consolation in Ha My and My Lai

    by Heonik Kwon ...
    Series Book 14 - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
    Though a generation has passed since the massacre of civilians at My Lai, the legacy of this tragedy continues to reverberate throughout Vietnam and the rest of the world. This engrossing study considers how Vietnamese villagers in My Lai and Ha My—a village where South Korean troops committed an equally appalling, though less well-known, massacre of unarmed civilians—assimilate the catastrophe of ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars

    Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives

    Edited by Mark Philip Bradley, Marilyn B. Young ...
    Series series Reinterpreting History: How Historical Assessments Change over Time
    Making sense of the wars for Vietnam has had a long history. The question "why Vietnam?" dominated American and Vietnamese political life for much of the length of the wars and has continued to be asked in the decades since they ended. This volume brings together the work of eleven scholars to examine the conceptual and methodological shifts that have marked the contested terrain of Vietnam War ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD