Deng Xiaoping's Long War: The Military Conflict Between China and Vietnam, 1979-1991

by Xiaoming Zhang

Book Overview

The surprise Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 1979 shocked the international community. The two communist nations had seemed firm political and cultural allies, but the twenty-nine-day border war imposed heavy casualties, ruined urban and agricultural infrastructure, leveled three Vietnamese cities, and catalyzed a decadelong conflict. In this groundbreaking book, Xiaoming Zhang traces the roots of the conflict to the historic relationship between the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469642344
• ISBN13: 9781469642345
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"