Marvin E. GettlemanRezensionen

Full of primary sources. Invaluable to learning about the Middle East and its history.

CONTENTS:
PART ONE: BACKGROUND TO REVOLUTION
Vietnam: The Historical Background by Roy Jumper and Marjorie Weiner Normand
Edict of the Emperor Minh-Mang
The Path to Leninism by Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh on the Condition of the Peasants
Founding of Communist Party of Indochina
[There are a total of 75 essays in this collection; therefore, only the section titles are given for the remaining six sections.]
PART TWO: WAR AND INDEPENDENCE
PART THREE: THE FIRST INDOCHINESE WAR
PART FOUR: THE CONFERENCE AT GENEVA
PART FIVE: THE FATE OF THE GENEVA AGREEMENTS: TESTIMONY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SUPERVISION AND CONTROL IN VIETNAM
PART SIX: THE REIGN OF NGO DINH DIEM
PART SEVEN: PROBLEMS OF ESCALATION: AN AMERICAN CRISIS