Area Handbook Series: Vietnam: A Country Study

Abstract

The current study focuses on the years between 1975 and the mid- 1980s, when a nascent and newly reunified nation struggled to develop a postwar identity. It was a period marked by a change in leadership, as Vietnam's first generation of communist leaders began to retire in favor of younger technocrats; by the introduction of significant economic reforms, including the preservation of private enterprise in the South; and by major foreign policy developments, particularly the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation signed with the Soviet Union, the invasion and occupation of Cambodia, and the 1979 border war with China. (emk)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA217919

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Organizations

  • Library of Congress

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Economics