A History of Laos - Softcover

Stuart-Fox

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521597463 ISBN 13: 9780521597463

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2008

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This concise, authoritative and wide-ranging 1997 history traces events in this developing country from ancient monarchy, through its establishment as a French colony, to independence in 1953, through the course of the People's Democratic Republic, to the present one-party authoritarianism.

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'Stuart-Fox's A History of Laos is, without much doubt, the definitive historical text on the country. There are other texts, but none is as comprehensive, as detailed, as knowledgeable, or as well written as Stuart-Fox's contribution.' Asian Studies Association of Australia

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This authoritative and wide-ranging 1997 history traces events in this little-known country from ancient monarchy, through its establishment as a French colony, to independence in 1953, the People's Democratic Republic, and the present one-party authoritarianism. The book highlights Laos' complex and shifting political alliances. The struggle for independence from France was followed by a struggle for unity and neutrality in the face of persistent foreign intervention, as the country was drawn into the war in Vietnam. Only with the end of the Cold War and the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops has Laos been able to reassert its neutral foreign policy and develop a market economy. This book is an impressive political, social, cultural and economic history. It will be essential for anyone wanting to understand Laos as it joins ASEAN, faces great economic challenges and struggles to maintain its cultural identity.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521597463
• ISBN 13: 9780521597463
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272