MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

HSY2460

Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam since 1945

David Chandler

Synopsis The subject will examine the recent history of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. The effects of World War II on the three countries will be seen as leading toward an intensified nationalism and toward a socialist revolution in Vietnam. In the 1960s and 1970s, civil wars in Cambodia and Vietnam and insurgency in Thailand challenged existing institutions and drew outside powers into the region. The coup d'etat in Bangkok in 1973 (and the counter-coup of 1976) will be compared to events in this period in Cambodia and Vietnam. Revolutions and opposition to them will be compared in detail, and so will events in the three countries since 1980.

Assessment Two essays (1000 words and 3500 words): 70% + Examination (1.5 hours): 30%

Recommended texts

• Becker E When the war was over Simon and Schuster
• Chandler D P A history of Cambodia Westview
• Chandler D P and others Pol Pot plans the future Yale U/SEAP
• Girling J L S Thailand Cornell U P
• Herring G America's longest war Wiley
• Reynolds C J Thai radical discourse Cornell U P
• Rowley K and Evans G Red brotherhood at war Verso
• Steinberg D J In search of Southeast Asia Allen and Unwin
• Wyatt D K Thailand: A short history Yale U P