The Mekong is one of the world's great rivers, and by far the largest in Southeast Asia. Empires have risen and fallen in the lands through which the Mekong flows, and it has been linked to remarkable adventure and exploration as well as war and massacre. Now that Indochina is at peace, new dangers threaten the river's future. For more than forty years Milton Osborne has been fascinated by the …
Contents : The third Indochina conflict : introduction / David W.P. Elliott The Kampuchean-Vietnamese conflict / Stephen P. Heder Vietnamese policy and the Indochina crisis / Gareth Porter Vietnam's "boat people" / Charles Benoit China's strategy toward Vietnam and its implications for the United States / Robert G. Sutter The strategic triangle and the Indochina crisis / Banning Garrett …