China and Vietnam: The Politics of Asymmetry

ISBN-13: 9780521618342 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 296 str.

Brantly Womack

Opis

In their three thousand years of interaction, China and Vietnam have been through a full range of relationships. Throughout all these fluctuations the one constant has been that China is always the larger power, and Vietnam the smaller. Yet China has rarely been able to dominate Vietnam, and the relationship is shaped by its asymmetry. The Sino-Vietnamese relationship provides the perfect ground for developing and exploring the effects of asymmetry on international relations. Womack develops his theory in conjunction with an original analysis of the interaction between China and Vietnam from the Bronze Age to the present.

Recenzje

'… an extremely informative and sophisticated approach, offering insightful perspectives for understanding a puzzling diplomatic relationship between two similar and avowedly socialist countries. … Womack's book is a brilliantly written Sino-Vietnemese political history …' Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers

Spis treści

1. General overview; Part I. Basic Structure: 2. The parameters of China's external posture; 3. Vietnam's basic parameters; 4. The politics of asymmetry; Part II. The Relational Dynamic: 5. From the beginnings to Vietnamese independence; 6. Unequal empires; 7. The brotherhood of oppression; 8. Lips and teeth: 1949–75; 9. Illusions of victory: 1975–90; 10. From normalization to normalcy; 11. Change and structure in asymmetry.