Hanoi: City of the Rising Dragon

by Van Nguyen Ky, Georges Boudarel, Nguyen Van Ky

For many Westerners, Hanoi evokes memories only of war and bitter loss. But Hanoi is much more than the capital of Vietnamese communism. Ancient seat of the royal house, then center of the French colonial empire in Indochina, and finally birthplace of Vietnamese independence, Hanoi is today a thriving urban center with a rich history all its own. Georges Boudarel and Nguyen Van Ky paint a vivid portrait of a city that is now awakening to the modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742516555
• ISBN13: 9780742516557
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"