Revolution, Reform and Regionalism in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Ronald Bruce St John (London and New York: Routledge, 2006)

Ronald Bruce St John has written a detailed account of the political economy of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, focused on the period from 1980. During this period, the three Communist governments have been undergoing a process of market-orientated reform. His book has the virtue of providing parallel narratives of developments in three countries whose destinies have been closely intertwined, but which are usually analysed separately by single-country specialists. However, St John's book is much weaker on analysis. The useful detail he ...