Footprints of War : Militarized Landscapes in Vietnam Paperback / softback
by David Andrew Biggs
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When American forces arrived in Vietnam, they found themselves embedded in historical village and frontier spaces already shaped by past conflicts.
American bases and bombing targets followed spatial and political logics influenced by the footprints of previous wars in central Vietnam, and these militarized landscapes continue to shape postwar land-use politics. Footprints of War traces the long history of conflict-produced spaces in Vietnam, beginning with early modern wars and the French colonial invasion in 1885 and continuing through the collapse of the Saigon government in 1975.
Drawing on extensive archival research and years of interviews and fieldwork in the hills and villages around the city of Hu?, David Biggs integrates historical geographic information system (GIS) data and uses aerial, high-altitude, and satellite imagery to render otherwise inscrutable sites as living, multidimensional spaces.
This personal and multilayered approach yields an innovative history of the lasting traces of war in Vietnam and a model for understanding other militarized landscapes.
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- Pages:288 pages, 55 b&w illus., 9 color plates (280 pp plus 8 pp insert)
- Publisher:University of Washington Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2021
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- ISBN:9780295749730
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, 55 b&w illus., 9 color plates (280 pp plus 8 pp insert)
- Publisher:University of Washington Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780295749730