In these essays, Japanese scholars deal with topics such as the Japanese involvement in and occupation of Indochina during World War II, anti-Japanese sentiment in Indochina, Vietnam Communist Party attitudes toward Laos and Cambodia, and the early stages of the civil war in Vietnam.

In these essays, Japanese scholars deal with topics such as the Japanese involvement in and occupation of Indochina during World War II, anti-Japanese sentiment in Indochina, Vietnam Communist Party attitudes toward Laos and Cambodia, and the early stages of the civil war in Vietnam.