Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Prologue Part 3 The Spirit of the City Chapter 4 A City that Remembers Chapter 5 The French Model Part 6 History and Its Secrets Chapter 7 1945: Under the Red Flag Chapter 8 1946: In the Footsteps of the Colonial Sûreté Part 9 Toward Liberation Chapter 10 1954: A Troubled Independence Chapter 11 1965-1975: War or Peace Part 12 Visions of the Future Chapter 13 A The Era of Renovation Chapter 14 A Capital for All Vietnamese Chapter 15 Chronology Chapter 16 Maps of Hanoi Chapter 17 Translator's Note Chapter 18 Selected Bibiography; Suggested Reading

About the Author

Georges Boudarel, a French historian, lived in Indochina before the departure of the French, gaining firsthand experience of the Vietnamese resistance and their eventual liberation. Nguyen Van Ky is a Vietnamese scholar who specializes in contemporary life in Vietnam.

Reviews

An intriguing volume that offers the reader considerable food for thought.
*Journal of Asian Studies*