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…
"In 2002, Governor General Michael Jeffrey stated that 'we Australians had everything under control in Phuoc Tuy Province'. This referred not only to military control, but to the policy of 'pacification' employed by the Republic of Vietnam and external 'Free World' allies such a…
In 2002, Governor General Michael Jeffrey stated that 'we Australians had everything under control in Phuoc Tuy Province'. This referred not only to military control, but to the policy of 'pacification' employed by the Republic of Vietnam and external 'Free World' allies such as…
"In 2002, Governor General Michael Jeffrey stated that 'we Australians had everything under control in Phuoc Tuy Province'. This referred not only to military control, but to the policy of 'pacification' employed by the Republic of Vietnam and external Free World allies such as …
Destroy and Build challenges the historiography of the Western forces' fight against insurgency in Vietnam.
"In 2002, Governor General Michael Jeffrey stated that 'we Australians had everything under control in Phuoc Tuy Province'. This referred not only to military control, but to the policy of 'pacification' employed by the Republic of Vietnam and external Free World allies such as …
"This book is about the history of U.S. nation-building efforts in South Vietnam from 1965 to 1973"--
"This book is about the history of U.S. nation-building efforts in South Vietnam from 1965 to 1973"--
"This book is about the history of U.S. nation-building efforts in South Vietnam from 1965 to 1973"--
Army of the Republic of Vietnam: 1955-75
by Rottman, Gordon L., Bujeiro, Ramiro
fromMen-at-arms