This book tells the story of French interaction with Vietnam and the neighboring region, which began with the French seizure of Cochin-China and Tonking in the

WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S JOHN K. FAIRBANK PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 2017 'This is the finest single-volume history

The definitive history of modern Vietnam and its diverse and divided past

Studies of Sino-Viet relations have traditionally focused on Chinese aggression and Vietnamese resistance, or have assumed out-of-date ideas about Sinicization

A lavishly illustrated, authoritative and lively text by Vietnamese-British historian Dr Vu Hong Lien of the ancient capital of Vietnam, Hue, a UNESCO world her