Cauldron of Resistance : Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s Southern Vietnam /

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In 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem organized an election to depose chief-of-state Bao Dai, after which he proclaimed himself the first president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. The United States sanctioned the results of this election, which was widely condemned as fraudulent, and provided substantial...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chapman, Jessica M. (Jessica Miranda), 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2013]
Series:United States in the world.
Subjects:
Ngô, Đình Diệm, > 1901-1963.
Ngô, Đình Diệm, > 1901-1963.
HISTORY.
Asia / Southeast Asia.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Diplomatic relations.
Politics and government
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
Southeast Asia.
Vietnam (Republic) > Politics and government.
Vietnam (Republic) > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam (Republic)
United States.
Vietnam (Republic)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Anticolonialism in Vietnam's wild south
  • The crucible of southern Vietnamese nationalism and America's Cold War
  • "Sink or swim with Ngo Dinh Diem"
  • The "sect" crisis of 1955 and America's miracle man in Vietnam
  • Destroying the sources of demoralization : Ngo Dinh Diem's national revolution
  • A different democracy : South Vietnam's referendum to depose Bao Dai
  • The making of a revolution in South Vietnam.

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