William J. Duiker is a professor of East Asian history at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
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Vietnam Since the Fall of Saigon
By William J. Duiker
When North Vietnamese troops occupied Saigon at the end of April 1975, their leaders in Hanoi faced the future with pride and confidence. Almost fifteen years later, the euphoria has given way to sober realism. Since the end of the war, the Communist regime has faced an almost uninterrupted series of difficulties including sluggish economic growth at home and a costly occupation of neighboring Cambodia.In
