William S. Turley
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LOCATION: Carbondale, IL,
Professor of Political Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Author of The Politics and Economics of Transition to an Open Market Economy: 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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