Normalization Resources
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Grant, Sarah <grants at hendrix.edu<mailto:grants at hendrix.edu>> wrote:
Dear all,
I am reaching out to the list to see if anyone has recommendations on U.S.-Vietnam normalization literature. In particular, I am interested in work on the economic aspects of normalization -- the implications for the importation of Vietnamese goods (namely comestible commodities) into the U.S. Has anyone written on the Jackson-Vanik waiver in relation to Vietnam? Or Normal Trade Relations status? I haven't been able to find much. Any thoughts?
More broadly, I am also interested in work on theoretical approaches to "normalization." I have been working in the Clinton Presidential Library on and off over the past few months (though most of my time has been spent waiting for FOIA approval to look through the Jackson-Vanick and BTA discussions) and I have found some great materials but I would really appreciate a deeper contextualization. Grateful in advance for any suggestions...
Thanks and I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season,
Sarah
Sarah G. Grant, Ph.D.
LUCE-ASIANetwork Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
Hendrix College
1600 Washington Ave.
Conway, AR 72032 U.S.A.
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From: Fox, Diane <dnfox at holycross.edu<mailto:dnfox at holycross.edu>>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 2:12 AM
To: Grant, Sarah
Subject: Re: [Vsg] Normalization resources?
Hi Sarah --
Have you run across the name John McAuliff, and looked at the work he did, patiently and persistently forging relationships on a person to person level throughout the decade prior to normalization.... relationships that built trust and possibilities for working together.
Interesting insight, I'd think, into later developments.
Diane
College of the Holy Cross
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Grant, Sarah <grants at hendrix.edu<mailto:grants at hendrix.edu>> wrote:
Hi Diane,
I have not come across his name yet but I will keep my eyes out for him.
Thanks,
Sarah
Sarah G. Grant, Ph.D.
LUCE-ASIANetwork Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
Hendrix College
1600 Washington Ave.
Conway, AR 72032 U.S.A.
grants at hendrix.edu<mailto:grants at hendrix.edu> | sarahggrant at gmail.com<mailto:sarahggrant at gmail.com>
Joe Hannah
Lecturer, Department of Geography
University of Washington (Seattle)
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Shawn McHale <mchale at gwu.edu<mailto:mchale at gwu.edu>> wrote:
Dear list,
We should not forget the failed first attempts at normalization under Carter -- one's in which the Vietnamese asked for reparations, and the Americans blanched, and then of course Vietnamese expelled ethnic Chinese, tensions rose between China and Vietnam and Cambodia and Vietnam, and it all blew apart in 1979. For more on this process, see Nayan Chanda, Brother Enemy.
Shawn McHale
George Washington University
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Fox, Diane <dnfox at holycross.edu<mailto:dnfox at holycross.edu>> wrote:
You could look up the U.S. Indochina Reconciliation Project -- later, the Fund for Reconciliation and Development.
Others on this list could suggest other pioneers who patiently laid the groundwork as well.
Diane
College of the Holy Cross
From: Vsg [vsg-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Joseph Hannah [jhannah at uw.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 3:24 PM
Cc: Group, Vietnam Studies
Subject: Re: [Vsg] Normalization resources?
In fact, this first attempt under Carter (mentioned by Shawn McHale) was part of a rather boisterous fight within the White House between advocates for normalization with Vietnam and advocates for normalization or relations with China. The pro-China side won. This is a fascinating bit of diplomatic history that culminated, two or three days after the Chinese delegation left Washington, DC, in the Chinese invasion of Vietnam.
Joe Hannah
Frederick Brown fzbrown at jhu.edu
Wed Jan 14 18:06:24 PST 2015
On details of US-Vietnam normalization, you might want to look at F.Z. Brown, Second Chance: The United States and Indochina in the 1990s, NY: Council on Foreign Relations, 1989, and ISEAS Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 3, 2010 by author.
Fred Brown