The French Colonial Regime in Vietnam

At Ohio University since 1949, John F. Cady has taught history at numerous colleges across the nation and, from 1935 to 1938, in Rangoon. Among these was Franklin College where, from 1938 through 1953, he was also Dean. In 1943–1945, he was ananalyst for the Office of Strategic Services in Burma and, in 1945–1949, he was a State Department officer in Rangoon. He was a Fulbright Scholar in 1955–1956; won Guggenheim Fellowships in both 1955 and 1961, and has served as Chairman of the Southeast Asia Committee of the Association for Asian Studies (1962–1965). His most recent books on Asia are: The Roots of French Imperialism in Eastern Asia (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1954); A History of Modern Burma (same publisher, 1958); and Southeast Asia: Its Historical Development (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964).