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The lotus unleashed : the Buddhist peace movement in South Vietnam, 1964-1966 /
During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrifices-including self-immolation-to try to end the fighting. They hoped to establish a neutralist government that would broker peace with the Communists and expel the Americans. Robert J. Topmiller explores South Viet...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington, KY :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2002.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrifices-including self-immolation-to try to end the fighting. They hoped to establish a neutralist government that would broker peace with the Communists and expel the Americans. Robert J. Topmiller explores South Vietnamese attitudes toward the war, the insurgency, and U.S. intervention, and lays bare the dissension within the U.S. military. The Lotus Unleashed is one of the few studies to illuminate the impact of internal Vietnamese politics on U.S. decision-making and to examine the power of a nonviolent movem. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813172489 9780813172484 1283327619 9781283327619 9786613327611 6613327611 |