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/504/ Vietnam's Victory: American War to Globalisation ft. Sean Fear
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On resistance and reform in southeast Asia.
Historian Sean Fear talks to Alex H and Lee Jones about Vietnam on the 50-year anniversary since the end of the war.
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How is Vietnamese identity wrapped up with the notion of resistance?
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Is Chinese influence as great as resistance to China?
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How is the ‘American War’ thought about in Vietnam today?
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How similar is Vietnam to China: defying Fukuyama’s thesis by retaining a state-socialist political system while adopting capitalism?
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Why has Vietnam achieved rapid growth and development while neighbours have failed?
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How is Vietnam reacting to being at the centre of Trump tariff disputes?
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Links:
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The Republic of Vietnam, 1955–1975: Vietnamese Perspectives on Nation Building, Sean Fear, Tuong Vu (eds.), Cornell UP
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Post-Cold War Vietnam: stay low, learn, adapt and try to have fun – but what about the party?, Adam Fforde