The Limits of National Liberation by Adam Fforde, Suzanne H. ... - 9781032153452

Taylor & Francis

The Limits of National LiberationProblems of Economic Management in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, with a Statistical Appendix\nAuthor(s): Adam Fforde, Suzanne H. Paine\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032153452, 978-1032153452\nSynopsis\nThis book, first published in 1987, examines the experience of the North Vietnamese economy during the struggle for national reunification and the Vietnam war. It chronicles the impact of war and Socialist Construction upon an extremely poor area left undeveloped by French colonial exploitation. The analysis focuses on the severe restraints that faced socio-economic development in North Vietnam, and the adverse effects of forced development based upon neo-Stalinist institutional models. Deep problems were encountered in attempting to implement Socialist Construction in the North, and wartime aid from fraternal Socialist countries masked the fundamental economic imbalances c.