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Seth Jacobs highlights the context of American cultural conceptions about race & especially religion, in arguing that blind faith in the devoutly catholic Ngo Dinh Diem eclipsed what little real knowledge about predominantly Buddhist Vietnam was possessed by the Eisenhower admin…
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.
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.
Seth Jacobs highlights the context of American cultural conceptions about race & especially religion, in arguing that blind faith in the devoutly catholic Ngo Dinh Diem eclipsed what little real knowledge about predominantly Buddhist Vietnam was possessed by the Eisenhower admin…