America's miracle man in Vietnam : Ngo Dinh Diem, religion, race, and U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia, 1950-1957 /

Argues that American cultural conceptions of religion and race during the 1950s played a crucial role in framing an ideology through which U.S. policymakers understood their options in Vietnam.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs, Seth, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Colección:American encounters/global interactions.
Temas:
Ngô, Đình Diệm, > 1901-1963.
Ngô, Đình Diệm, > 1901-1963.
Ngô-đình-Diệm.
1953 - 1961
Regions & Countries > Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
HISTORY > Military > Vietnam War.
Diplomatic relations.
Außenpolitik
United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam (Republic)
Vietnam (Republic) > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961.
United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Viêt-nam.
Viêt-nam > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1953-1961.
Vietnam.
United States.
Vietnam (Republic)
Vietnam
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Colonialism, communism, or Catholicism?" : Mr. Diem goes to Washington
  • "Our system demands the supreme being" : America's third great awakening
  • "These people aren't complicated" : America's "Asia" at midcentury
  • "Christ crucified in Indo-China" : Tom Dooley and the North Vietnamese refugees
  • "The sects and the gangs mean to get rid of the saint" : "Lightning Joe" Collins and the battle for Saigon
  • "This god-fearing anti-communist" : the Vietnam lobby and the selling of Ngo Dinh Diem.

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