William J. Duiker
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LOCATION: University Park, PA, United States
Liberal Arts Professor of East Asian Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Author of The Communist Road to Power in Vietnam and others.
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Vietnam, country occupying the eastern portion of mainland Southeast Asia. Tribal Viets inhabiting the Red River delta entered written history when China’s southward expansion reached them in the 3rd century bce. From that time onward, a dominant theme of Vietnam’s history has been interaction with…
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