BookCold war mandarin : Ngo Dinh Diem and the origins of America's war in Vietnam, ...
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Main title
- Cold war mandarin : Ngo Dinh Diem and the origins of America's war in Vietnam, 1950-1963 / Seth Jacobs.
Published/Created
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2006.
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Description
- xi, 207 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN
- 0742544478 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0742544486 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780742544475 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780742544482 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LC classification
- DS556.9 .J34 2006
Contents
- "The kind of Asian we can live with" : Diem wins American support -- "Let our people go!" : the Geneva accords and passage to freedom -- "This fellow is impossible" : the Collins mission -- "Miracle man" : Diem's regime in myth and reality -- "Truth shall burst forth in irresistible waves of hatred" : cracks in the façade -- "A scenario of torture, persecution, and worse" : the Diem experiment in decline -- "No respectable turning back" : collapse of the Diem experiment.
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Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194) and index.
Series
- Vietnam--America in the war years
- Vietnam--America in the war years (Unnumbered)
LCCN
- 2006003240
Dewey class no.
- 959.704/31
Geographic area code
- n-us--- a-vt---
Other system no.
- (OCoLC)ocm63297750
Type of material
- Book
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