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Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967-1975) /
The Republic of (South) Vietnam is commonly viewed as a unified entity throughout the two decades (1955-75) during which the United States was its main ally. However, domestic politics during that time followed a dynamic trajectory from authoritarianism to chaos to a relatively stable experiment in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2015
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| Colección: | Studies on Southeast Asia ;
65. Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Republic of (South) Vietnam is commonly viewed as a unified entity throughout the two decades (1955-75) during which the United States was its main ally. However, domestic politics during that time followed a dynamic trajectory from authoritarianism to chaos to a relatively stable experiment in parliamentary democracy. The stereotype of South Vietnam that appears in most writings, both academic and popular, focuses on the first two periods to portray a caricature of a corrupt, unstable dictatorship and ignores what was achieved during the last eight years. The essays in Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967-1975) come from those who strove to build a constitutional structure of representative government during a war for survival with a totalitarian state. Those committed to realizing a noncommunist Vietnamese future placed their hopes in the Second Republic, fought for it, and worked for its success. This book is a step in making their stories known. |
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| Notas: | "The essays in this volume emerged from a symposium held at Cornell University in June 2012"--Page 7. Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (180 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781501725951 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |