Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject will examine and compare the theory and practice of revolutionary movements in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos between 1945 and 1979. The origins, growth and character of the Indo-Chinese Communist Party and its component parties, created in 1951, will be examined against the background of events in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The theoretical positions of the parties will also be examined, in the light of earlier history, millenarianism, foreign models, varieties of nationalism, and revolutionary aims.
Assessment Written (6000 words): 60% + Examination (1 hour): 40%