The Indochina Wars

GLOBAL STUDIES 5644

The Vietnam wars of the twentieth century were more accurately Indochinese wars. They were intimately intertwined with broader Indochinese anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles, civil wars, and socialist and communist revolutions. This course will probe deeply into the causes, processes, and outcomes of the Indochina wars and will highlight the roles of regional states (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand) and non-state actors (e.g. social, cultural, and anti-imperialist networks and movements). It will elucidate the influence of imperial powers (France, Japan, US, China) while prioritizing the agency, experience, perceptions, and understandings of Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, and Thai peoples. The articulation of ethnic, gender, class, religious, and national identities, the Cambodian genocide, and the postwar development of Southeast Asia in the 21st century will also receive analytical treatment.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU Hum; BU IS; AS HUM; AS LCD; FA HUM; AR HUM; AS SC

Section 01

The Indochina Wars
INSTRUCTOR: Hirsch
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