David Andrew Biggs
Footprints of War: Militarized Landscapes in Vietnam
Footprints of War: Militarized Landscapes in Vietnam
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American forces found themselves embedded in historic village and frontier spaces in Vietnam, shaped by past conflicts. Footprints of War traces the long history of conflict-produced spaces, beginning with early modern wars and the French colonial invasion in 1885, and continuing through the collapse of the Saigon government in 1975. David Biggs' approach integrates historical GIS data to render otherwise placeless sites into living, multidimensional spaces, offering an innovative history of the lasting traces of war in Vietnam.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2021
Publisher: University of Washington Press
When American forces arrived in Vietnam, they found themselves entrenched in historic village and frontier spaces that had already been shaped by numerous past conflicts. American bases and bombing targets followed spatial and political logics influenced by the footprints of past wars in central Vietnam. The militarized landscapes here, like many in the world's historic conflict zones, continue to shape post-war 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. The result is a richly textured history of militarized landscapes that reveals the spatial logic of key battles such as the Tet Offensive.
Drawing on extensive archival work and years of interviews and fieldwork in the hills and villages around the city of Hue to illuminate the footprints of war, David Biggs also integrates historical Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data, using aerial, high-altitude, and satellite imagery to render otherwise placeless sites into 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.
For more information, visit the author's website: http://davidbiggs.net/
Weight: 418g
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780295749730
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