Misalliance : Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and the fate of South Vietnam / / Edward Miller.

"As leader of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1963, Ngo Dinh Diem was hailed by some as a "miracle man" who had saved his country from communism. Others denounced him as a U.S. puppet or as a reactionary mandarin. In Misalliance, Edward Miller refutes these simplistic caricatures and prese...

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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:419 p. :; ill., maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Man of faith
  • New beginnings
  • The making of an alliance
  • Revolutions and republics
  • Settlers and engineers
  • Countering insurgents
  • Limited partners
  • Mixed signals
  • The unmaking of an alliance.