Ben Kiernan - Viet Nam: A History from Earliest Times to the Present

Ben Kiernan

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Names: Kiernan, Ben, author.

Title: Vi.t Nam : a history from earliest times to the present / Ben Kiernan. Other titles: Vi.t Nam, a history from earliest times to the present Description: New York City : Oxford University Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016035618 (print) | LCCN 2016036923 (ebook) | ISBN 9780195160765 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780190627294 (Updf) | ISBN 9780190627300 (Epub)

Subjects: LCSH: VietnamHistory.

Classification: LCC DS556.5 .K53 2017 (print) | LCC DS556.5 (ebook) | DDC 959.7 dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016035618

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