Historical dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954): An international and interdisciplinary approach

摘要

Christopher E. Goscha's Historical dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954) is a landmark achievement. It expands the existing scholarly parameters of the conflict and provides a new model for what a historical dictionary can - and probably should - be. The entries - including people, concepts, events, places, agreements, and government entities - constitute the most thorough collection of information about the Indochina War assembled in any volume. Collectively they offer readers an authoritative and well-written narrative by one of the few scholars of Southeast Asian history who has the Western and Asian language skills to produce a work of this breadth.