Table of Contents

Introduction
Water
The Mekong River in Pre-colonial and Colonial History
War
The Mekong River in the Indochina Wars
President Johnson's Mekong Enterprise
From War to Peace
And Peace
The Greater Mekong Region
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index

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Traces the history and impact of the Mekong River on the societies that developed on its banks.

About the Author

NGUYEN THI DIEU is Associate Professor of History at Temple University. An expert in Southeast Asian history, she has published in the Journal of World History, Etudes Indochinoises, and Afrique-Asie.

Reviews

?[T]he author has pieced together a nuanced discussion of the historical progress of the Mekong project.?-Asian Affairs

?Described as an examination of the symbolic, environmental, political and economic importance of the great Mekong River and its basin back through history to the earliest days of man.?-Indochina Chronology

?Her thoroughly researched and clearly written study provides important details on a number of projects and an astute assessment of the extent to which Mekong development programs have affected Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.?-American Historical Review

?Scholars and researchers interested in Southeast Asian history and economic development, environmental history, and rural sociology will find this an important study.?-The Asian Reporter

?Students and scholars who want to make a case for alternatives to the nation-state or those who want to understand global implications of development in the region will find useful analysis in this work.?-JAAS

?The book has extensive and informative footnotes, and a selected bibliography. It will be useful to advanced undergradutes and graduate students and to a well-read public.?-Choice

"ÝT¨he author has pieced together a nuanced discussion of the historical progress of the Mekong project."-Asian Affairs

"[T]he author has pieced together a nuanced discussion of the historical progress of the Mekong project."-Asian Affairs

"Described as an examination of the symbolic, environmental, political and economic importance of the great Mekong River and its basin back through history to the earliest days of man."-Indochina Chronology

"Scholars and researchers interested in Southeast Asian history and economic development, environmental history, and rural sociology will find this an important study."-The Asian Reporter

"Students and scholars who want to make a case for alternatives to the nation-state or those who want to understand global implications of development in the region will find useful analysis in this work."-JAAS

"The book has extensive and informative footnotes, and a selected bibliography. It will be useful to advanced undergradutes and graduate students and to a well-read public."-Choice

"Her thoroughly researched and clearly written study provides important details on a number of projects and an astute assessment of the extent to which Mekong development programs have affected Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam."-American Historical Review