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Christopher E. Goscha

Born

in Wichita, Kansas, The United States

June 07, 1965

Website

https://cgoscha.uqam.ca/

Genre

History, International Relations

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Christopher Goscha studied at the School of Foreign Service, University of Georgetown (BA), the Australian National University at Canberra (MA), the University Diderot Paris VIII (MA) and l’École des Hautes Études (PhD, La Sorbonne). He joined the history department at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 2005. He teaches international relations, world history, the history of colonial and postcolonial Indochina, decolonization and the Indochina Wars. He has published several books including the Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954): An International and Interdisciplinary Approach (University of Hawaii/Cophenhagen, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2011), Vietnam, Un Etat né de la guerre (Paris, Armand Colin, 2011) and Th Christopher Goscha studied at the School of Foreign Service, University of Georgetown (BA), the Australian National University at Canberra (MA), the University Diderot Paris VIII (MA) and l’École des Hautes Études (PhD, La Sorbonne). He joined the history department at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 2005. He teaches international relations, world history, the history of colonial and postcolonial Indochina, decolonization and the Indochina Wars. He has published several books including the Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954): An International and Interdisciplinary Approach (University of Hawaii/Cophenhagen, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2011), Vietnam, Un Etat né de la guerre (Paris, Armand Colin, 2011) and The Penguin History of Vietnam (London, Penguin/Random House, 2016) Vietnam, A New History (2017 John K. Fairbank Prize Winner – American Historical Association) (New York, Basic Books, 2016, slightly revised American version of the Penguin History of Vietnam).

Ancien élève de l’École des Affaires étrangères de l’Université Georgetown (BSFS), de l’Australian National University à Canberra (MA), de l’Université Diderot Paris VII (DEA) et de l’École des Hautes Études (PhD, La Sorbonne, Paris), Christopher Goscha est professeur au sein du département d’histoire à l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Depuis 2005, il y enseigne les relations internationales, l’histoire globale, l’histoire de l’Indochine coloniale, la décolonisation et les guerres d’Indochine. Il est l’auteur de plusieurs ouvrages dont l’Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954): An International and Interdisciplinary Approach (University of Hawaii/Cophenhagen, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2011), Vietnam, Un Etat né de la guerre (Paris, Armand Colin, 2011) et The Penguin History of Vietnam (Londres, Penguin/Random House, 2016) Vietnam, A New History (2017 John K. Fairbank Prize Winner – American Historical Association) (New York, Basic Books, 2016, version américaine légèrement révisée du Penguin History of Vietnam). ...more

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	Vietnam: A New History 4.01 avg rating — 848 ratings — published 2016 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam 4.23 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vietnam 1946: How the War Began by Stein Tønnesson, Philippe Devillers (Foreword), Christopher E. Goscha (Series Editor & Foreword) 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Indochinese: Contesting Concepts of Space and Place in French Indochina 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, 1945-1962 by Christopher E. Goscha (Editor), Christian Ostermann (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thailand and the Southeast Asian Networks of The Vietnamese Revolution, 1885-1954 (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vietnam. Un Etat né de la guerre: 1945-1954 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954): An International and Interdisciplinary Approach it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Vietnam depuis 2000 ans by Pierre Asselin, Pierre Brocheux, Christopher E. Goscha liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contesting Visions of the Lao Past: Lao Historiography at the Crossroads by Christopher E. Goscha (Editor), Søren Ivarsson (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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