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War without frontlines: smuggling and the erosion of state power in South Vietnam (1955–1975)

This article examines the erosion of state capacity in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) by tracing the evolution of cross-border smuggling networks along the Vietnam–Cambodia frontier between 1955 and 1975. It argues that smuggling was not merely a form of criminal activity, but a s...