History of Modern Vietnam

4 credits

This course introduces students to the history of modern Vietnam, starting with the Tay Son rebellion in the late eighteenth century and ending with the economic reforms of the 1980s. Topics include the expansion and consolidation of the French colonial state, the rise of anticolonialism and nationalism, the development of Vietnamese communism, World War II, and the First and Second Indochina Wars. A special emphasis will be focused on the place of Vietnam within wider regional and global histories.