The Penguin History of Modern VietnamThe first history for a general audience of one of Asia's most fascinating and complex countries. As more and more visitors come to Vietnam, there has been for some years a need for a major history a book which allows the outsider to understand the many layers left by earlier emperors, rebels, priests, and colonisers. The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam by Christopher Goscha amply fills this role. Drawing on a lifetime of thinking about Indo China,