Footprints of War: Militarized Landscapes in Vietnam by David Andrew Biggs (Engl

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Militarized Landscapes in Vietnam.

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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 Hue, 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.

Author Biography

David Biggs is professor of history at the University of California, Riverside. He is author of Quagmire: Nation-Building and Nature in the Mekong Delta, which won the George Perkins Marsh Prize for the best book in environmental history.

Review

"[O]ne of those rare works that combines practical benefits with broad scholarly significance . . . outstanding. Its original arguments, and the diversity of peoples contained within its pages—Vietnamese, Cham, Chinese, French, French colonial, Japanese, American—ensure that the book will matter to historians of Vietnam, the United States, and the world." * Journal of World History *"Presents the history of this area as a form of stratigraphy, excavating layers of sedimented past where multiple military conflicts occurred. . . . A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally." * Environmental History *"A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally." * Environmental History *"[O[ffers readers an intriguing new perspective on the long history of military conflict and occupation in central Vietnam by integrating environmental perspectivves with more traditional military and political histories..an inspiring application of robust historical research to solving modern environmental problems caused by war." * LSE Review of Books *

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Traces the multilayered political, social, and ecological consequences of military conflict

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[O]ne of those rare works that combines practical benefits with broad scholarly significance . . . outstanding. Its original arguments, and the diversity of peoples contained within its pages--Vietnamese, Cham, Chinese, French, French colonial, Japanese, American--ensure that the book will matter to historians of Vietnam, the United States, and the world.

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Presents the history of this area as a form of stratigraphy, excavating layers of sedimented past where multiple military conflicts occurred. . . . A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally.

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Traces the multilayered political, social, and ecological consequences of military conflict

Details ISBN0295743867 ISBN-10 0295743867 ISBN-13 9780295743868 Format Hardcover Language English Pages 288 Imprint University of Washington Press Subtitle Militarized Landscapes in Vietnam Place of Publication Seattle Country of Publication United States DEWEY 304.28095974 Year 2018 Short Title Footprints of War Publication Date 2018-10-09 UK Release Date 2018-10-09 AU Release Date 2018-10-09 NZ Release Date 2018-10-09 US Release Date 2018-10-09 Author Paul S. Sutter Edited by Gavin Clarkson Birth 1955 Affiliation Marquette University Position Assistant Professor Qualifications Ph.D. Illustrations 55 b&w illus., 9 color plates (280 pp plus 8 pp insert) Publisher University of Washington Press Alternative 9780295749730 Audience Professional & Vocational Series Footprints of War We've got this

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