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

2013 Cornell University ;ISBN: 0801450616 ;ISBN: 9780801450617 ;ISBN: 1501725106 ;ISBN: 9781501725104 ;EISBN: 9780801467417 ;EISBN: 0801467411 ;EISBN: 9780801467400 ;EISBN: 0801467403 ;DOI: 10.7591/9780801467417 ;OCLC: 922998335 ;LCCN: 2012028850 ;LCCallNum: DS556.9.C454 2013

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  • Title:
    Cauldron of Resistance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s Southern Vietnam
  • Author: Chapman, Jessica M
  • Subjects: 1901-1963 ; 20th Century ; Anti-communism ; Cold War ; Economic aid ; Elections ; Foreign relations ; General & Multiperiod ; Geopolitics ; Heads of state ; HISTORY ; Military ; Military History ; Ngo, Dinh Diem ; Ngo, DInh Diem, 1901–1963 ; Ngô, Ðình Di?êm ; Oppression ; Political leaders ; Political opposition ; Political Science ; Politics and government ; U.S.A ; United States ; Vietnam ; Vietnam (Republic) ; Vietnam War
  • Description: 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 economic aid and advice to the RVN. Because of this, Diem is often viewed as a mere puppet of the United States, in service of its Cold War geopolitical strategy. That narrative, Jessica M. Chapman contends inCauldron of Resistance, grossly oversimplifies the complexity of South Vietnam's domestic politics and, indeed, Diem's own political savvy. Based on extensive work in Vietnamese, French, and American archives, Chapman offers a detailed account of three crucial years, 1953-1956, during which a new Vietnamese political order was established in the south. It is, in large part, a history of Diem's political ascent as he managed to subdue the former Emperor Bao Dai, the armed Hoa Hao and Cao Dai religious organizations, and the Binh Xuyen crime organization. It is also an unparalleled account of these same outcast political powers, forces that would reemerge as destabilizing political and military actors in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Chapman shows Diem to be an engaged leader whose personalist ideology influenced his vision for the new South Vietnamese state, but also shaped the policies that would spell his demise. Washington's support for Diem because of his staunch anticommunism encouraged him to employ oppressive measures to suppress dissent, thereby contributing to the alienation of his constituency, and helped inspire the organized opposition to his government that would emerge by the late 1950s and eventually lead to the Vietnam War.
  • Publisher: Ithaca: Cornell University Press
  • Creation Date: 2013
  • Format: 296
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0801450616
    ISBN: 9780801450617
    ISBN: 1501725106
    ISBN: 9781501725104
    EISBN: 9780801467417
    EISBN: 0801467411
    EISBN: 9780801467400
    EISBN: 0801467403
    DOI: 10.7591/9780801467417
    OCLC: 922998335
    LCCN: 2012028850
    LCCallNum: DS556.9.C454 2013
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete

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