{"product_id":"2026200014905-secondhand-a-dragon-defiant-a-short-history-of-vietnam","title":"A Dragon Defiant: A Short History Of Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew nations have earned their sovereignty through as much fire and bloodshed as Vietnam, and A Dragon Defiant: A Short History of Vietnam by Joseph Buttinger chronicles this extraordinary story with clarity, authority, and unflinching honesty. From the ancient kingdoms of the Red River Delta to the catastrophic colonial era under French rule and the devastating wars of the twentieth century, Buttinger presents a sweeping narrative of a people who refused, generation after generation, to be conquered. Written at one of the most turbulent moments in Vietnamese history, the work serves as an essential primer for understanding how a small Southeast Asian nation became the focal point of global geopolitical struggle.\n\nButtinger, one of the foremost Western authorities on Vietnamese affairs and author of the landmark multi-volume study Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled, distills decades of research and first-hand knowledge into this concise yet remarkably comprehensive volume. His prose is precise and measured, yet carries an undercurrent of deep respect for the resilience of the Vietnamese people — a quality that transforms historical analysis into something approaching a moral argument. For anyone seeking to understand the deeper roots of Vietnam's modern tragedy, this is the indispensable starting point — the question it leaves unanswered is not *why* Vietnam fought, but whether the world was ever truly listening.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203160547547,"sku":"2026200014905-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ef0fb432-6189-4f7a-9a8e-f6f7608c53b6.png?v=1788144749","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014905-secondhand-a-dragon-defiant-a-short-history-of-vietnam","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}