Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Books of Divine Books /Vasu Publications

 

 

 

Index

 

 

Advaita Worldview-  God, World, and Humanity/ Anantanand Rambachan/ Rs. 400

Advaitasiddhi Of  Madhusudana Saraswati/ Tran. Ganganath Jha, Rs.500

Analysis of the Abhisamayalamkara / E.Obermiller.
ISBN. 978-93-81218-18-1. / Rs. 700

Apastambiya Grihyasutra/ Ed. Maurice Winternitz, Rs.250

Awakening of  Faith/ Richrd Timothy, Rs.250

Ayurveda Nidana -The Diagnosis & Pathology. / Prof. P.H.Kulkarni, ISBN 978-93-81218-57-0./  Rs.300

Ayurveda Philosophy and Practice/ Prof. P.H.Kulkarni., 978-93-81218-41-9/ Rs.250

Ayurveda Vijnana/ Binod Lall , 2 Vols., Rs, 1200

Ayurvedic Care & Cure of the Digestive System/ Prof. Dr.P. H.Kulkarni. ISBN.978-03-81218-19-8  / Rs.300

Ayurvedic System Of Medicine/  N.N.Sengupta, 2 Vols. 1500

Bengali Religious Lyrics-Sakta/ Spencer, Rs.250

Bhakti Ratnawali with  the Commentary of Vishnu Puri Translated by a Professor of Sanskrit, ISBN.978-93-81218-29-7 / Rs. 300

Bhavopanishad  -/ S. K. Ramachandra Rao. ISBN.978-93-81218-56-3. / Rs.600

Bijak of  Kabir/Tr.Ahmad Shah, Rs.300

Brahma Vaivarta Purana , 2 Vols.- (Brahma and Prakriti Khandas Vol.I.)., (Ganesa and Krishna Janma Khandas. Vol.II) / Trans.into English by Rajendra Nath Sen, 978-81-920763-8-6 (SET) /  Set.Rs.1000

Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira. Translated  by N.C. Aiyar. ISBN.978-81-920763-3-1 / Rs. 500

Brihat Jatakam of Varaha Mihira.Eng.Trans. by Swami Vijnananda.   ISBN. 978-93-81218-27-3. Rs. 500

Brihat Samhita of Varaha Mihira,  2 Vols.-  Eng.Trans/ N.Chidambaram Iyer.(2 Parts.)ISBN 978-93-81218-17-4(SET)  / Set. Rs 600

Buddha &  Buddhism/ Arthur Lille., Rs.450

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosha / English Translation by  E.B.Cowell. ISBN 978-93-81218-04-4/ Rs.300

Buddhism In China/   Samuelbeal,  Rs.400

Buddhism, Histroical,Theoretical/ Eitel, Rs.200

Buddhist Suttas/ English Translation by  T.W. Rhys Davids.
ISBN 978-93-81218-02-0 /   Rs.450

Buddhist Texts from Japan. Ed. F.Max Muller, ISBN. 978-93-81218-43-3./  Rs.600

Dhammapada & Sutta Nipata (Collection of Verses & Discourses). Translated into English by F Max Muller & V. Fausball.  , ISBN.978-93-81218-09-9/ Rs.500

Eastern Monacism/  R.Spence Hardy, Rs.600

Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage/ John  Douillard/  
978-93-81218-40-2/  Rs. 900

English Tibetan Dictionary / Lama Dawasamdup Kazi, Rs.700

Experiencing  Buddhism - Ways of Wisdom and Compassion / by Ruben L. F. Habito / ISBN.978-93-81218-46-4.  Rs. 450

Experiments with Drugs of Ayurveda/ Dr.P.H. Kulkarni/978-93-81218-20-4 / Rs.300

Fundamentals of Ayurvedic Medicine/ Prof. Dr. P.H. Kulkarni. / Rs. 300

Hand Book  of  Chinese Buddhism/  Itel, Rs.450

Hand Book of Colloquial Tibetan/ Graham Sandberg. 
ISBN.978-93-81218-10-5. Rs.450

Hindu Bioethics for the Twenty First Century/ S. Cromwell Crawford / Rs. 600

History of  Pali Literature/ B.C.Law, 2 Vols., Rs.800

Introduction to Ayurveda/ Prof. S. K. Ramachandra Rao/
Rs. 500

Introduction to the Yoga Philosophy/ Srisa Chandra Vasu, ISBN.978-93-81218-28-0/ Rs.120

Ishanasivagurudevapaddhati/ Ed.T.Ganpathi Sasgtri, 4 Vols.   Rs. 1500

Jatka-Stories Of The Buddha's Former Births/    E.W.Cowell, 4 Vols.,Rs.2000

Jinendramala/  Translated By N.C.Iyer,250

Jivanmukti in Transformation- Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo Vedanta/ Andrew O Fort/ Rs. 600

Kaula & other Upanishdas/ Ed.Arthur Avalon, Rs. 150

Lalitaarchana-Chandrika-Hymns to Lalita, form of Tripurasundari, Hindu Deity for Worship and Associated rituals/ Trans. Prof. S.K.Ramachandara Rao. 2nd ed. ISBN.978-93-219-45-7. Rs. 300

Larger Sukhavati-Vyuha,  Smaller Sukhavati-Vyuha,
 Vajracchedika, Larger Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra, Smaller Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra /
Trans. F. Max Muller,  The Amitaayur Dhyana Sutra Translated by  J.Takakusu, (The Buddhist Mahayana Text)/ Delhi,2011. ISBN.978-93-81218-03-7,  / Rs.500

Legends And Theories of the Buddhists/ R. Spence Hardy, Rs.450

Life of Buddha by Ashvaghosha  Bodhisattva - Translated from Chinese into English by Samuel Beal. / ISBN 978-93-  81218-14-3 / Rs.450

Lotus Sutra – Eng. Trans. of Saddharma-Pundrika Sutra/ Trans.H.Kern/ ISBN 978-93-81218-01-3  /Rs. 450

Mantrapath/ Ed. Maurice Winternitz, Rs.300

Manual of  Buddhism/ R.Spence Hard, Rs.450

Markandeya Purana/ Trans. F.Pargiter, Rs.750

Mediating the Power of Buddhas- Ritual in the  Manjusrimulakalpa / Glenn Wallis/   Rs. 600

Meditation on Lalita Sahsaranama/ Prof.S.K.Ramachandra Rao. / Rs 400

Mettalic and Mineral Drugs in Ayurveda/ S. R. Sudarshan/
Rs. 500

Nagarjuna & the Philosophy of Openness/ Nancy McCagney/ Rs. 400

Obesity and Ayurveda- Care and Cure /Prof. Ajay Kumar  Sharma , Dr. Amit Kumar Sharma. ISBN.978-93-81218-58-4./  Rs.500

Pali Reader And Glossary/ Dines Anderson, 2 Vols., Rs. 600

Pancavimsa Brahmana/ Trans. By W.Caland, Rs.600

Patanjali"s Yoga Sutras.Trans. Rama Prasada. Delhi,2011. ISBN.978-93-81218-26-6. / Rs. 400

Philosophy Sadhana-  with Special Reference to the Trika Philosophy of Kashmir/ Deba Brata Sen Sharma. Foreword Paul Muller Ortega. / Rs. 450

Positive Health in Ayurveda/ S. R. Sudarshan, ISBN.978-93-81218-58-7. / Rs.300

Pratyabhijnahrdayam of Ksemaraja- The Essence of Self-Recognition/ Introduction with practical notes/ Dmitri Semenov.ISBN.978-93-81218-47-1. Rs  250

Purascharyarnaya/ Ed. Pandita M.D. Jha, 3vols SET,
Rs. 1500

Questions of King Milinda.Trans. T.W.Rhys Davids. 2 Vols. 978-93-81218-24-2. (Set.) Rs. 600 Per Vols.,/ Rs. 1200

Rigveda – 6 Vols Set / H.H.Wilson, Rs. 2500

Root Verbs Form/  W.D.Whitney, Rs.300

Sanskrit Grammar For Students/  A.A.Macdonell, Rs.250

Sanskrit Reader/ C.R.Lanman, Rs.450

Sanskrit Syntax/ J.S.Speijer, Rs.400

Singing Krishna – Sound becomes sight in Paramanand's Poetry/ A Whitney Sanford/ RS. 600

Six System of  Indian Philosophy/F.Max Muller, 600

Sri Narada Pancaratram - The Jnanamrita sara Samhita/ English Translation Swami Vijnananda/     ISBN 978-93-81218-25-9 / Rs.400

SriSukta-Text with Translation and Explanation./ Prof.S.K.Ramachandra Rao.ISBN.978-93-81218-55-6. / Rs.200

Srimad Bhagavatam with the text of Sridhar with Visisitaadvaita and  Dvaita Readings Vol. I Skandhas 1- 7 & Vol. 2 Skandhas 8-12./ Ed.by T.R. Krishnacharya/ ISBN.978-81-920763-0-0/ (SET) /Rs. 800

Srimad Devi Bhagavatam/ Trans. By Swami Vijnananda, Rs.800

Sriman Mahabhartam-  A New edition mainly based on the South Indian texts with footnotes and readings (  9 vol. with a Descriptive contents &  Alphabetical Index of Sriman Mahabharatam) Ed. T.R.Krishnacharya & T.R.Vyasacharya. / 9 Vols.Set. ISBN.978-93-81218-39-6 (set). Rs.3000

Suttanipata/ Trans. By V.Fousball, Rs.300

Tara Bhakti Sudharanava/  Ed. Sita Ram Sastry, Rs. 500

Teachings of the Odd-Eyed One- A Study and Translation of the Virupaksapancasika, with the Commentary of Vidyacakravartin/ David Peter Lawrence . / Rs. 600

Tibetan English Dictionary/ Alexandar Csoma De Koros, Rs.500

Tibetan English Dictionary/ H.A.Jaske, Rs.500

Travels  of  Fa Hiel/  Samuel Beal, Rs.250

Twelve Principal Upanisads with Notes from the Commentaries of Sankaracharya and the Gloss/ Trans. into English by E.Roer, E.B.Cowell, Rajendra Lal Mitra./ ISBN.978-81-920763-5-5/ Rs.800

Vastu- Silpa Kosha  - Encyclopaedia of Hindu Temple Architecture and Vastu / Prof. S. K.Ramachandra Rao. , 978-93-81218-51-8,(SET).    3 Vols. Set. Rs.2000

Vinaya Texta/ Translated by T.W. Rhys Davids & Hermann Oldenberg, 3 Vols.(VOL  I- The Patimokkha, The Mahavagga I-IV.), (VOL. II-The Mahavagga,V-X, The Culavagga I-III), (VOL. III-  The Culavagga IV-XII),  978-93-81218-08-2 (Set.) / Price. Rs.600 Per Vol. / Rs. 1800 ( 3 vols.set)

Yoga and the Luminous- Patanjali's  Spiritual Path to Freedom/ Christopher Key Chapple/ Rs. 500

 

 
 
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Fw: H-ASIA: Post Doctoral Fellow in South Asian or Balkan Studies

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Post Doctoral Fellow in South Asian or Balkan Studies
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From: Scott Levi <Levi.18@osu.edu>

The Ohio State University, College of Arts and Sciences
Post Doctoral Fellow in South Asian or Balkan Studies

The Ohio State University Sawyer Seminar, "Language, Politics, and Human
Expression in South Asia and the Balkans: Comparative Perspectives," funded
by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, seeks candidates for a postdoctoral
fellowship for academic year 2013-2014. Focus of research is open within
South Asian or Balkan Studies, with a preference for candidates whose work
is comparative and interdisciplinary. The postdoctoral fellow will be
expected to actively participate in Seminar meetings and to teach one
course associated with the Seminar theme.

The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to advance his or
her own research project and present it at a public meeting of the Seminar.
A Ph.D. in a Humanities and/or Social Sciences field in hand by August 1,
2013 is required. Salary and benefits are competitive.

To apply, please send a cover letter, a complete CV, two letters of
reference, and a research statement of no more than 2,000 words by February
15, 2013 electronically (Word or PDF files preferred) to:
sawyerseminar@osu.edu .

For more information, please contact http://go.osu.edu/sawyerseminar.

The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
employer. In order to build a more diverse workforce, qualified women,
minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to
apply.

Dr. Scott Levi
Associate Professor of History
The Ohio State University

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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP From the League of Nations to the UN

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December 4, 2012

CFP From the League of Nations to the United Nations
(CLOSE DEADLINE)
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From: Konrad Mitchell Lawson <konrad@lawson.net>

Call for Papers (deadline *20 December 2012*)

From the League of Nations to the United Nations: New Approaches to
International Institutions.

Scholarly Conference: Thursday & Friday 21-22 March 2013, European
University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy.

Co-sponsored by the Max Weber Post-Doctoral Programme
http://www.maxweberprogramme.eu/ (EUI),
the Global Governance Programme http://globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/ of
the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (EUI) and the History
Department
http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/HistoryAndCivilization/Index.aspx(EUI)

Description:

This historical and multidisciplinary conference will contribute to the
current revolution in the study of international and global institutions,
as developed over the past decade by scholars including Patricia Clavin,
Mark Mazower and Susan Pedersen. This new scholarship has revitalized the
study of international institutions and stimulated new research on
political internationalism, economic development, international law and
practices of rights, and state-individual dynamics such as refugee or
minority status. A key result has been to erode the consensus on World War
Two as an unquestioned watershed in these arenas, throwing into question
standard chronological containers such as 'interwar'.

This conference will be structured thematically around the main areas in
which policy developed at the League of Nations and the United Nations.
Each panel will focus on a specific sphere of activity - institutional
politics and change, economic development policy, international law and
human rights etc. - with a view towards tracing the evolution of ideas,
modes of practice and institutional development in these spheres. At a time
of crisis in international institutions and cooperation, both in economic
and geopolitical arenas, this conference will help to contextualize and
historicize the present situation.

We would like to invite proposals for papers and panels that speak to the
following broad themes:

* Security Dilemmas, Peacekeeping, Peace-Making
* Human Rights and Rights Discourses
* Refugees and Minorities, States and Statelessness
* The Evolution of International Law and International Courts
* Development Economy, Environmental and Aid Programmes
* The League of Nations, the United Nations and the Question of Empire
* Conceptualizing the League and the UN in History: A History of
Global Governance

We welcome submissions that consider the League of Nations and the United
Nations from the perspective of Asian history.

To apply please send a 150 word abstract and a short-format CV to the
organizers at:
lon.un.conference@gmail.com by *20 December 2012.* Subject to budgetary
constraints we plan to offer limited support for travel and accommodation
costs to participants.

Conference organizers:

Dr. Simon Jackson (Max Weber Fellow, History, EUI), Dr. Konrad Lawson (Max
Weber Fellow, History, EUI), Dr. Alanna O'Malley (History, EUI), Natasha
Wheatley (Ph.D. candidate, History, Columbia University)


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Fw: H-ASIA: RESOURCE Cultural Diversity in Laos

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RESOURCE Cultural Diversity in Laos
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From: Alicia Akins <ajakins24@gmail.com>

The Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre, a private ethnology museum in
Luang Prabang, Laos has just published a book, _"Cultural Diversity in
Laos: Stories from the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre,"_ that
documents their work among several ethnic minority groups throughout Laos.
The book is available from their online museum shop (
http://www.taeclaos.org/shop.html#book).

Alicia Akins
University of Washington

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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP International Symposium on Future Asia

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CFP International Symposium on Future Asia
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From: Aysun Uyar <mernobi@yahoo.com>

CFP International Symposium on Future Asia
13-14 December 2012, RIHN, Kyoto

Dear H-ASIA members,

I hope this message finds you well.

As initiators of the GEC-Japan/Asia Platform, we are organizing an
international symposium on global environmental change and sustainability
research in Asia.

To briefly introduce GEC-Japan/Asia, in 2011, representatives of the global
environmental change programs in Japan and RIHN have initiated an academic
information exchange platform, called as GEC-Japan, on transdisciplinarity
and sustainability research collaboration in Japan and East Asia. We are
now extending our activities and turning GEC-Japan into GEC-Asia platform.

In this symposium, we plan to discuss further processes and Asian
particularities of global sustainability research and transdisciplinary
collaboration by including the recent developments on the Future Earth
process and focusing on science-society interface as well.

If you are interested in interdisciplinary, and preferably
transdisciplinary research and collaboration on the issues of global
environmental change and sustainability, particularly in Asia, please check
further details of our symposium on below link and you are most welcome to
join us in Kyoto.

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International Symposium on Future Asia
Bridging Science, Technology and Society: Practices of Transdisciplinary
Implementation on Sustainability and Environmental Change in Future Asia

Organizers:
GEC-Japan Platform
Japan National Committee for IGBP/WCRP/DIVERSITAS/IHDP, Science Council of
Japan
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)

Dates: 13 (Thu) – 14 (Fri) December 2012
Venue: RIHN Lecture Hall, Kyoto, Japan
(http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/rihn_e/access/index.html)
Link: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/gec-jp/events/20121213-14.html

Contact for registration:
GEC-Japan/Asia Secretariat (RIHN)
URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/gec-jp/
E-mail
: gec-jp@chikyu.ac.jp
Tel: +81 (0) 75-707-2100, Fax: +81 (0) 75-707-2106
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With kind regards,

Aysun Uyar

Assistant Professor
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
Kyoto, JAPAN


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The RAS is excited to announce that it is now using Flickr to create online exhibitions of material from our collections. The first of which presents highlights of the pre-1820 printed book collection which was recently catalogued with funds gratefully received from the Mercers' Company. The exhibition is available to view by clicking here. To read more about the pre-1820 book cataloguing project see our earlier blog post.  Also look out for more news about future exhibitions here.

 


Fw: H-ASIA: REVIEW Tovy on Waite, _The End of the First Indochina War: A Global History_

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> H-ASIA
> December 4, 2012
>
> Book Review (orig. pub. H-War) by Tal Tovy on James Waite, _The End of the
> First Indochina War: A Global History_
>
> (x-post H-Review)
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> From: H-Net Staff <revhelp@mail.h-net.msu.edu>
>
> James Waite. The End of the First Indochina War: A Global History.
> New York Routledge, 2012. 310 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN
> 978-0-415-88684-0.
>
> Reviewed by Tal Tovy (Bar Ilan University)
> Published on H-War (December, 2012)
> Commissioned by Margaret Sankey
>
> Tovy on Waite
>
> During the thirty years since the end of the Second World War, three
> wars were waged in Vietnam. The first was between the forces of the
> Viet Minh against France, which ended with the agreement signed in
> Geneva in July 1954. The second war was between the United States
> together with South Vietnam against North Vietnam and the communist
> guerrillas in the south, the Viet Cong. This war also ended with a
> peace agreement signed in Paris in January 1973. Almost immediately
> after the end of this second war, a third war began between North and
> South Vietnam which ended in the complete reunification of Vietnam
> after the North Vietnamese forces defeated the South Vietnamese
> forces. This means that the third war ended in a decisive military
> victory that was directly translated into a political achievement. We
> may then claim that from a historical perspective, the two agreements
> that were signed did not bring stability to Southeast Asia.
>
> The first war in Vietnam began as an attempt by the French to regain
> control over its empire as well as to restore its image which had
> suffered humiliation through the rapid German conquest and by the
> collaboration of many Frenchmen with the Nazi regime. The events in
> Vietnam occurred in two parallel processes. The first was the
> stirring of strong national emotions of the Vietnamese under the
> leadership of Ho Chi Minh. This process reached its peak with the
> declaration by Ho Chi Minh of the independence of Vietnam (September
> 1945). In spite of the attempts to find a solution for Vietnamese
> nationalism, France was not prepared for the total relinquishing of
> its imperialist control over Indochina, and open warfare began at the
> end of 1946. The second process was the deterioration in the
> relations between the two superpowers and the outbreak of the Cold
> War. This means that from its very inception the war in Vietnam
> became a global event that involved both superpowers in one way or
> another and several other countries even outside the geographical
> sphere of Southeast Asia.
>
> The emphasis in the book by James Waite is on the last year and a
> half of the French-Vietnamese war, which is done through a careful
> analysis of documents and other primary sources, mainly Western ones.
> This provides a wider perspective of the political processes that led
> to the end of the war, with a certain stress laid on French policy.
> Although Waite does not make use of primary sources from the archives
> of the various communist countries, especially of the central
> players, he makes up for this by a critical analysis of the extensive
> secondary material on the subject.
>
> The main claim made by Waite is that the first war in Vietnam should
> be regarded as an important event in the context of the Cold War, one
> that had a decisive influence on world politics. In order to prove
> his contention, Waite divides his book into three parts, with each
> part exemplifying the fact that the war was an important
> international event which defined to a great extent, as did the
> Korean War, the political realities that had been created after the
> Second World War. The first part merges the military history with the
> political history of the war, and deals with the battle in Dien Bien
> Phu and the political maneuverings ahead of the international
> conference that would conclude the war. The second part, mainly
> diplomatic, examines the negotiations that were conducted in Geneva
> against the background of the Viet Minh victory in Dien Bien Phu. The
> third part, which Waite calls "The Global Legacy," constitutes a kind
> of introduction to an understanding of the intensified and direct
> intervention by the United States in Southeast Asia. This was
> because, as he claims, "the Geneva Accords ... failed to establish an
> enduring peace in Indochina" (p. 1).
>
> As said above, the main historical perspective in this study is to
> examine French policy, which at first regarded the confrontation in
> Vietnam as just another of the colonial wars France had encountered
> during the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth
> century. During these years, the French took the aggressive
> initiative, and French forces conquered territories under Viet Minh
> control, destroying many food and ammunition storage centers. But in
> the long run, they did not achieve their operational goals. The
> leaders of the Viet Minh were not caught, and the main communist
> forces were not defeated. When the French retreated to their bases,
> the Viet Minh regained control over the vacated areas. Even though it
> was evident that the Viet Minh were still incapable of direct
> confrontation with the firepower and mobility of the French army, it
> was also clear that the lack of manpower would prevent France from
> maintaining its rule over the territories under Viet Minh control.
>
> The strategic realities in Vietnam changed dramatically at the end of
> 1949 and in the first half of 1950, by which time the war in Vietnam
> had clearly become an international issue. The victory of the
> communists in China (October 1949) allowed China to supply military
> and technical assistance to the Viet Minh, besides which Viet Minh
> units crossed the border and South China became a refuge area in
> which they could train and renew their strength. This military
> assistance was also accompanied by diplomatic support. On January 18,
> 1950, China recognized the People's Republic of Vietnam. This
> recognition also led the Soviet Union and its satellites in Eastern
> Europe to recognize Vietnam (January 30).
>
> The conversion of China into a communist state and the support of the
> communist powers for the People's Republic of Vietnam changed the
> policy of the United States towards the Indochina conflict in a
> dramatic manner. This change of policy was a continuation of the
> deteriorating relations among the powers over issues relating to
> Europe, especially after the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia and
> the siege of Berlin. About three weeks after China recognized the
> People's Republic of Vietnam, the United States recognized the
> artificial political entity imposed by France, the State of Vietnam.
> This recognition was at first accompanied by massive U.S. economic
> and military assistance to France. In June 1950 the Korean War broke
> out, which was perceived by the American government as instigated by
> the desire of the Soviet Union, with the help of its allegiant
> supporters in Southeast Asia, to extend the sphere of its control and
> influence. The war in Indochina was now perceived as a struggle
> closely connected with the Cold War, with France standing with the
> United States to confront communist aggression.
>
> The next stage, which is perhaps an even greater indication of the
> international character of the war, was the military and diplomatic
> measures that occurred during the final stages of the war, especially
> in the defeat of the French in Dien Bien Phu. This stage began with
> the battle around the village of Dien Bien Phu. On November 20, 1953,
> about two thousand French paratroopers landed near the village,
> quickly destroyed the stationed forces of the Viet Minh, and began to
> build a defense system. The Viet Minh forces under the command of
> General Vo Nguyen Giap, had no choice but to respond to the
> challenge. The forces were exhausted, there was a lack of food, and
> the morale of the recruits was low. There is no doubt that extreme
> political pressure was exerted on Giap to eliminate the French
> stronghold that had been erected deep within the area under Viet Minh
> control. This was because an international conference was supposed to
> open in April 1954 in Geneva, in which it was planned to raise the
> many political issues relating to East Asia, including Korea and the
> confrontations in Indochina. Ho Chi Minh wanted to achieve an
> important military victory that could be translated into diplomatic
> advantage during the discussions in Geneva.
>
> The battle over Dien Bien Phu, which began officially on March 13,
> 1954, is also important for the American intervention in Vietnam.
> During the course of the fighting, many discussions were held between
> the senior French command and the heads of the American army over the
> possibility that the United States would intervene openly in the
> battle in order to save the French forces in Dien Bien Phu and
> restore the attack initiative to France (Operation Vulture).
> President Eisenhower was committed to the policy of containment that
> had been formulated by his predecessor, President Harry Truman. The
> basic essentials of the Truman Doctrine determined that the United
> States should use all the means at its disposal, including military
> force, to block communist aspirations from spreading beyond the areas
> it had gained at the end of the Second World War. The practical
> aspect of this policy was well exemplified in the Korean War. In an
> interview given by Eisenhower in April 1954, the president said that
> if Vietnam fell into communist hands, then the rest of the countries
> in Southeast Asia and even beyond them would fall like dominoes.
> Although at first he had supported direct American intervention,
> Eisenhower also wanted the participation of Britain. But the British
> refused and asserted that a diplomatic solution should be sought in
> the framework of the conference that was to be held in Geneva. At the
> end of intensive discussions, the United States decided to increase
> its military assistance to France but not to intervene directly. Thus
> Eisenhower became the first president who had to decide about the
> possible direct intervention by the United States in Vietnam. But his
> decision against sending American forces only postponed this
> intervention by a decade.
>
> The final stage of the battle began on April 29 around the airport.
> On May 4 the senior command realized that the hope for victory was
> lost. The last attack was launched on May 6, and a day later the
> remaining French soldiers surrendered. It is a mistake to suppose
> that the French army was beaten by a handful of guerrilla fighters.
> In the two years before the battle, Giap had built up a regular army
> equipped with heavy armaments and a supporting logistical system. The
> Battle of Dien Bien Phu was therefore one that was held between two
> regular armies. Moreover, the defeat did not change the strategic
> situation in Indochina. The French continued to control the urban
> centers and the deltas, and their hold over South Vietnam and
> Cambodia did not collapse. However, the defeat marked a political
> death blow to French colonialism in Asia and assisted in ending the
> war since it provided a motive for those who opposed French colonial
> policy in general and war in particular to reach an honorable
> political arrangement. The means to do this was the international
> conference that had opened in Geneva on April 26, about two weeks
> before the surrender of the French troops stationed in Dien Bien Phu.
>
> At the Geneva Conference, other issues relating to East Asia were
> discussed, including the issue of Korea. The countries that
> participated in this conference were the United States, the Soviet
> Union, China, Britain, and France. Representatives also arrived from
> the two Vietnamese states. The American delegate to the conference,
> secretary of state John Dulles, decided to pull the United States out
> of the talks for two reasons. The first was that he had already
> understood at the beginning of the discussions that no agreement
> would be formulated to which the United States could agree. The
> second was the reluctance to side at the same table with the Chinese
> delegate since at that time the United States had not yet recognized
> communist China as a legitimate political entity representative of
> the Chinese people. Thus only the lowest rank of American
> representatives remained as mere observers to report the developments
> of the discussion to the State Department. We may then regard the
> conference at Geneva, like the talks that ended the war in Korea, as
> a central event that shaped the initial years of the Cold War.
>
> The North Vietnamese representatives wanted the establishment of a
> unified Vietnam in order to give political expression to their
> military victories. But the Chinese and Soviet representatives
> actually supported the French proposal for a temporary division of
> Vietnam along the 17th parallel. The reason for this was that China
> and the Soviet Union were afraid that this demand for unification
> would also be made by North Korea and East Germany, and thus the
> communists would lose their control over these countries. At the end
> of long discussions the Geneva Agreement was signed on July 21, 1954,
> which redefined the political configuration of Indochina. It was
> decided to establish Laos and Cambodia as independent countries. The
> most important decision was the division of Vietnam into two states
> and the creation of a demilitarized zone of six kilometers with the
> aim of avoiding military clashes that might lead to the escalation of
> warfare. It was also decided that the future of Vietnam as an
> independent and unified country would determined by a referendum that
> would be held in July 1956. The Vietnamese people would then decide
> whether it wanted to be under the rule of the Communist Party or
> under the rule of Emperor Bao Dai.
>
> To supervise the application of the agreement a committee was
> appointed composed from members from a Western state, Canada; a
> communist state, Poland; and a nonaligned country, India. The
> representatives of the Viet Minh left Geneva in disappointment
> because they were unable to convert their military successes into
> political ones. Perhaps this fact may prove that despite the
> important victory in Dien Bien Phu, the Viet Minh did not achieve a
> decisive victory and that the political arrangement which was forced
> upon them expressed the wish of France to end the war but did not
> express decisive military defeat. The very fact that France remained
> in control in the south and in the urban centers denied full victory
> to the Viet Minh and helped France to create a political system that
> reflected the strategic realities of the summer of 1954.
>
> Waite examines the first war in Vietnam mainly through the prism of
> the Cold War, but there were in fact three wars in Indochina. It
> began as an anticolonial struggle or war for national liberation.
> When the State of Vietnam was established by France, the war took on
> another dimension and can be defined as a civil war. With the
> outbreak of the Korean War and the beginning of United States
> intervention on the side of France, the war in Indochina became part
> of the broad and general framework of the Cold War. The United States
> ignored or was not able to understand the three-fold nature of the
> conflict. Moreover, in 1954 it was already faced with another example
> of a war that contained three conflicts--the Korean War.
>
> The war in Korea broke out because of the patriotic aspirations of
> the northern leader Kim Il Sung to bring about the national
> unification of Korea. Between the years 1949-50, a confrontation
> occurred between the two Koreas which can be defined as a civil war
> which exploded in full force with the massive invasion by the North
> in June 1950. At the start of United States intervention in the war
> and the intervention of China (November 1950) there was no doubt
> among the American policymakers that the Korean War was caused by
> communist aggression directed by Moscow, and that this was the first
> hot war in the framework of the Cold War. It may be said that already
> in 1947 American foreign and defense policy defined communism as the
> main and perhaps exclusive enemy of the free world. Therefore, any
> popular uprising was marked by the United States as instigated by the
> Soviet Union. This line of thought would steer American foreign
> policy towards Vietnam until the end of 1968.
>
> The book under review can be placed within a number of historical
> frameworks. The first is the very fact that it is an additional
> historical work on the first war in Vietnam and an introduction to
> the second one, the stage of American intervention, which is better
> known. It is also a book about the foreign and internal policy of
> France after the Second World War and a book on the origins of the
> Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This is also an important work for
> the understanding of global history after the Second World War.
> Through the war in Vietnam as a test case, we may learn about the
> relations among the powers and the complex interrelations within
> every coalition under the direction of the superpowers. The book
> therefore constitutes another example of the fact that the communist
> bloc was not monolithic, and that in spite of Soviet seniority, we
> can already find at this stage the roots of the ideological and
> political dispute between the Soviet Union and China.
>
> Another historical framework incorporates the war as an important
> event in the period after the Second World War, with an emphasis on
> it as a means for understanding the spread and escalation of the Cold
> War. The value of the book lies in providing a balanced analysis
> which does not place exclusive blame on the United States for
> involving Indochina in the Cold War. It also analyzes the creation of
> a communist coalition which thus converted the antiolonial struggle
> into a part of the Cold War. Quite simply, it should be claimed that
> the two processes influenced and were influenced by each other, and
> that it is not possible to determine which was the more important
> one, and certainly not during the first two decades after the Second
> World War. The last part of the book which deals with the first two
> years after the signing of the Geneva Agreement, describes with great
> care the problematic merging of the two historical processes.
>
> We therefore have before us a book that departs from the borderlines
> of analyzing a single event and is instead a study that merges within
> it a number of historical issues that clarify their importance during
> the reading process. The book is worth reading by all those who are
> engaged in global political history after the Second World War and
> the beginning of the Cold War. It is also an important contribution
> as an introduction to the beginnings of American intervention in
> Vietnam as the roots of the Soviet-Chinese conflict. The book may
> serve as a valuable basis for a number of comparative studies,
> especially the comparative evaluation of the discussions that were
> held in Geneva and the exhaustive ones that were conducted in
> Panmunjom at the end of the Korean War, and a comparison between
> Geneva of 1954 and Paris of 1972-73.
>
> As already mentioned above, the book ends with a discussion of the
> events that occurred through 1956, the year in which the people of
> Vietnam were supposed to decide its fate. This referendum never took
> place, and thus the chessboard was rearranged for the next
> confrontation--the second war in Vietnam, or simply, the Vietnam War.
>
> Citation: Tal Tovy. Review of Waite, James, _The End of the First
> Indochina War: A Global History_. H-War, H-Net Reviews. December,
> 2012.
> URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=36874
>
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> Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States
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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP 2013 Im Conf on Korean Christianity, UCLA, Oct 25, 2013

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> H-ASIA
> December 4, 2012
>
> Call for papers: "Growth, Stagnation, Decline and Renewal of the Christian
> Churches in Korea, 1945-2020, 2013 Im Conference of Korean Christianity,
> UCLA Center for Korean Studies, Los Angeles, October 25, 2013
> *******************************************************************
> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
>
>
> Call for Papers
>
>
> Location: California, United States
> Call for Papers Date: 2013-10-25
> Date Submitted: 2012-12-01
> Announcement ID: 199203
>
>
>
> 2013 Im Conference of Korean Christianity, UCLA Center for Korean Studies:
> "Growth, Stagnation, Decline, and Renewal of the Christian Curches in
> Korea, 1945-2020 Conference Date: October 25, 2013
>
> Topics The conference aims to investigate the history of growth and
> decline of the Christian churches in the post-Korean War Korea. It would
> include the following issues: history and theories of growth, stagnation,
> and decline of Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Anglican churches in
> contemporary Korea; comparison of Protestantism with Roman Catholicism;
> critical issues in 1970s for the future life of Korean Christianity;
> critical issues in 1980s; major reasons of decline of Protestantism in
> 1990s; vital issues for the renewal of the church in 2010s in relation to
> the Korean society and world Christianity.
>
> Papers Please submit a draft paper by email to Dr. Sung-Deuk Oak by August
> 25, 2013. The paper should include: (1) an abstract (300-5oo words), (2)
> the text (7,000-10,000 words, including notes and bibliography), (3) a
> short CV,including full contact information. Doctoral students and junior
> scholars are encouraged to submit papers.
>
> Four to five presenters will be selected and notified by September 15,
> 2012. They need to submit the final paper by October 1, 2013. The paper
> should be an unpublished one.
>
> Grants The UCLA Center for Korean Studies will provide the presenters with
> a round trip airfare, 2 night hotel accommodation, and up to $400 travel
> reimbursement.
>
> Contact If you have any questions regarding the grant, travelling,
> accommodation, and any other thing about the conference, please email to
> Ms. Sejung Kim, Assistant Director of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies,
> skim@international.ucla.edu and Mrs. Peyton Park, Program Representative,
> ppark@international.ucla.edu.
>
>
>
> Sung-Deuk Oak
> Dongsoon Im and Mija Im Chair
> Associate Professor of Korean Christianity
> Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California Los
> Angeles
> Los Angeles, CA 90095-1540
> Phone:(310)206-8235,
> Fax:(310)206-3555
>
>
> Email: oak@humnet.ucla.edu
> Visit the website at http://koreanchristianity.humnet.ucla.edu/
>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP 2013 Im Conf on Korean Christianity, UCLA, Oct 25, 2013

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 5:37 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP 2013 Im Conf on Korean Christianity, UCLA, Oct 25, 2013


> H-ASIA
> December 4, 2012
>
> Call for papers: "Growth, Stagnation, Decline and Renewal of the Christian
> Churches in Korea, 1945-2020, 2013 Im Conference of Korean Christianity,
> UCLA Center for Korean Studies, Los Angeles, October 25, 2013
> *******************************************************************
> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
>
>
> Call for Papers
>
>
> Location: California, United States
> Call for Papers Date: 2013-10-25
> Date Submitted: 2012-12-01
> Announcement ID: 199203
>
>
>
> 2013 Im Conference of Korean Christianity, UCLA Center for Korean Studies:
> "Growth, Stagnation, Decline, and Renewal of the Christian Curches in
> Korea, 1945-2020 Conference Date: October 25, 2013
>
> Topics The conference aims to investigate the history of growth and
> decline of the Christian churches in the post-Korean War Korea. It would
> include the following issues: history and theories of growth, stagnation,
> and decline of Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Anglican churches in
> contemporary Korea; comparison of Protestantism with Roman Catholicism;
> critical issues in 1970s for the future life of Korean Christianity;
> critical issues in 1980s; major reasons of decline of Protestantism in
> 1990s; vital issues for the renewal of the church in 2010s in relation to
> the Korean society and world Christianity.
>
> Papers Please submit a draft paper by email to Dr. Sung-Deuk Oak by August
> 25, 2013. The paper should include: (1) an abstract (300-5oo words), (2)
> the text (7,000-10,000 words, including notes and bibliography), (3) a
> short CV,including full contact information. Doctoral students and junior
> scholars are encouraged to submit papers.
>
> Four to five presenters will be selected and notified by September 15,
> 2012. They need to submit the final paper by October 1, 2013. The paper
> should be an unpublished one.
>
> Grants The UCLA Center for Korean Studies will provide the presenters with
> a round trip airfare, 2 night hotel accommodation, and up to $400 travel
> reimbursement.
>
> Contact If you have any questions regarding the grant, travelling,
> accommodation, and any other thing about the conference, please email to
> Ms. Sejung Kim, Assistant Director of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies,
> skim@international.ucla.edu and Mrs. Peyton Park, Program Representative,
> ppark@international.ucla.edu.
>
>
>
> Sung-Deuk Oak
> Dongsoon Im and Mija Im Chair
> Associate Professor of Korean Christianity
> Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California Los
> Angeles
> Los Angeles, CA 90095-1540
> Phone:(310)206-8235,
> Fax:(310)206-3555
>
>
> Email: oak@humnet.ucla.edu
> Visit the website at http://koreanchristianity.humnet.ucla.edu/
>
>
>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: Two New Asia Pacific Bulletins on Thailand

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Subject: H-ASIA: Two New Asia Pacific Bulletins on Thailand


> H-ASIA
> December 4, 2012
>
> Two New Asia Pacific Bulletins on Thailand
> **********************************************************************
> From: "Tomkins, Damien" <tomkinsd@EastWestCenter.org>
>
>
> Two New Issues of the Asia Pacific Bulletin from the East-West Center
>
> Obama in Thailand: Charting a New Course for the Alliance
>
> Catharin Dalpino, Sharkey Fellow in the Whitehead School at Seton
> Hall University, explains that "One concrete and immediate answer [to
> the purpose of the US-Thai alliance in the 21st century] was
> Bangkok's announcement that Thailand will join the Proliferation
> Security Initiative, expanding cooperation in a critical area."
>
> December 4, 2012:
> www.eastwestcenter.org/lhr<http://www.eastwestcenter.org/lhr>
>
>
> After Obama's Visit: The US-Thailand Alliance and China
>
> Sasiwan Chingchit, Non-Resident WSD-Handa Fellow at Pacific Forum
> CSIS, explains that "Washington cannot simply rely on this feel-good
> moment and must invest considerable resources to assuage Thai
> concerns about the United States seeking to manipulate Thailand
> against China and increase regional conflict."
>
> December 4, 2012:
> www.eastwestcenter.org/lh1<http://www.eastwestcenter.org/lh1>
>
> Best,
> Damien
>
>
> Damien Tomkins
> Project Assistant | East-West Center in Washington
> T: 202.327.9754 | F: 202.293.1402
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