ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN

VIETNAM

GENERAL INFORMATION

Sidel, Mark. Vietnam in 1997: A Year of Challenges. Asian Survey 38:80-90 January 1998.

Womack, Brantly. Vietnam in 1996: Reform Immobilism. Asian Survey 37:79-87 January 1997.

ECONOMIC ASPECTS

Hiebert, Murray. Chasing the Tigers: A Portrait of the New Vietnam.. New York, Kodansha America, Inc., 1996. 258 p.
Examines the impact of economic liberalization on Vietnamese society and on the authoritarian regime.
Book call no.: 338.9597 H633c

Murray, Geoffrey. Vietnam: Dawn of a New Market. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1997. 260 p.
Book call no.: 338.9597 M982v

Beresford, Melanie and Fforde Adam. A Methodology for Analysing the Progress of Economic Reform in Vietnam: The Case for Domestic Trade. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 13:99-128 December 1997.

Grinter, Lawrence E. Indochina's Slow Opening to the Future. Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 9:191-208 Winter 1997.
"...much is changing as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia slowly open their economies and, in fits and starts, the governments wrestle with economic liberalization and political decompression or stability."

Keenan, Faith. Half Measures: Hanoi Says It's Okay to Get Rich, But How? Far Eastern Economic Review 161:24 February 12, 1998.
Vietnam's Communist party issues more details about planned economic reforms.

Pham Hoang Mai. The Role of Government in the Utilization of Official Development Assistance in Vietnam. Contemporary Southeast Asia 18:81-99 June 1996.

St John, Ronald Bruce. End of the Beginning: Economic Reform in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Contemporary Southeast Asia 19:172-189 September 1997.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Southeast Asian Affairs 1997. Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, [annual]. 374 p.
Vietnam and ASEAN: A First Anniversary Assessment, by Carlyle A. Thayer, pp 364-375.
Book call no.: 959.053 S727 1997 Latest year in Reference

Vietnam Joins the World., edited by James W. Morley and Masashi Nishihara. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 1997. 244 p.
Book call no.: 959.7044 V6661

Butterfield, Andrew A. (LCDR, USN). Vietnamese Strategic Culture and the Coming Struggle for the South China Sea.. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 1996. 93 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 B988v

Abuza, Zachary. Institutions and Actions in Vietnamese Foreign Policymaking: A Research Note. Contemporary Southeast Asia 19:309-333 December 1997.

Abuza, Zachary. International Relations Theory and Vietnam. Contemporary Southeast Asia 17:406-419 March 1996.
There has been a fundamental shift in Vietnam's world-view: Hanoi has firmly embraced the principles of complex interdependence and integration into the global economy. This transformation is most clearly seen in Hanoi's relationships with ASEAN and China.

Amer, Ramses. The Territorial Disputes between China and Vietnam and Regional Stability. Contemporary Southeast Asia 19:86-113 June 1997.

Amer, Ramses. Vietnam and Its Neighbors: The Border Dispute Dimension. Contemporary Southeast Asia 17:298-318 December 1995.

Chang Pao-Min. Vietnam and China: New Opportunities and New Challenges. Contemporary Southeast Asia 19:136-151 September 1997.

Hoang Anh Tuan. ASEAN Dispute Management: Implications for Vietnam and an Expanded ASEAN. Contemporary Southeast Asia 18:61-80 June 1996.

Schultz, Clifford J. II and Ardrey William J. IV. The Future Prospects of Sino-Vietnamese Relations: Are Trade and Commerce the Critical Factors for Sustainable Peace? Contemporary Southeast Asia 17:126-146 September 1995.

Singh, Hari. Vietnam and ASEAN: The Politics of Accommodation. Australian Journal of International Affairs 51:215-229 July 1997.

FOREIGN RELATIONS--UNITED STATES

Olson, James Stuart and Roberts Randy. Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam, 1945 to 1995.. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1996. 326 p.
Book call no.: 959.7043373 O52w 1996

Vietnam Joins the World., edited by James W. Morley and Masashi Nishihara. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 1997. 244 p.
U. S. Vietnam Normalization--Past, Present, Future, by Frederick Z. Brown, pp 200-224
Book call no.: 959.7044 V6661

Richmond, Melvin. United States National Interests in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, 1996. 1 vol. (various pagings).
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 R533u

Goodman, Allan E. The Political Consequences of Normalization of U. S.-Vietnam Relations. Contemporary Southeast Asia 17:420-429 March 1996.

Opall, Barbara. Pentagon Forges Military Relations with Vietnamese. Defense News 12:1+ March 3-9 1997.

Sidel, Mark. Vietnam's America Watchers in a New Era. SAIS Review 16:43-69 Summer-Fall 1996.
Examination of Vietnam's policymaking institutions reveal how the domestic actors behind the recent improvement in relations with the United States. Vietnam's efforts to improve its expertise in the formulation of its US policy serve the interests of both countries.

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Southeast Asia in the 1990s: Authoritarianism, Democracy and Capitalism., edited by Kevin Hewison, Richard Robison and Garry Rodan. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia, Allen & Unwin, 1993. 249 p.
The Political Economy of Dismantling the "Bureaucratic Centralism and Subsidy System" in Vietnam, pages 213-236.
Book call no.: 320.959 S7271

Southeast Asian Affairs 1997. Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, [annual]. 374 p.
Vietnam: The Third Wave of State Building, by Thaveeporn Vasavakul, pp 337-363.
Book call no.: 959.053 S727 1997 Latest year in Reference

Grinter, Lawrence E. Indochina's Slow Opening to the Future. Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 9:191-208 Winter 1997.
"...much is changing as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia slowly open their economies and, in fits and starts, the governments wrestle with economic liberalization and political decompression or stability."

National Assembly Elects New Prime Minister (Gen Pham Van Tra). Asian Defence Journal, page 10 November 1997.

Sidel, Mark. Generational and Institutional Transition in the Vietnamese Communist Party. Asian Survey 37:481-495 May 1997.

Stern, Lewis M. The Military and Politics in Vietnam: The People's Army and the 8th Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party. Journal of Third World Studies 14:67-93 Fall 1997.

SECURITY AND DEFENSE

Southeast Asian Security in the New Milennium, edited by Richard J. Ellings and Sheldon W. Simon. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 1996. 234 p. (National Bureau of Asian Research)
Vietnamese Security in Domestic and Regional Focus: The Political-Economic Nexus, by William S. Turley, pp 175-220
Book call no.: 355.033059 S727

Brooke, Micool. The Armed Forces of Vietnam. Asian Defence Journal, page 6+ November 1997.

Karniol, Robert. Shipbuilding at Centre of Vietnam Modernisation. Jane's Defence Weekly 26:17 September 4 1996.

Rozendaal, Frank. Vietnamese People's Air Force. AirForces Monthly, No. 120,53-59 March 1998.

Stern, Lewis M. The Military and Politics in Vietnam: The People's Army and the 8th Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party. Journal of Third World Studies 14:67-93 Fall 1997.

Thayer, Carlisle A. Developments of a Military Nature. Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter 23:14 January 1997.

Thayer, Carlisle A. Force Modernization: The Case of the Vietnam People's Army. Contemporary Southeast Asia 19:1-28 June 1997.