The Republic of Vietnam, 1955-1975 : : Vietnamese Perspectives on Nation Building / / ed. by Sean Fear, Tuong Vu.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Ca, Nhã,; Chinh, Kiếu,; Công, Trần Minh,; Cường, Nguyễn Ðức,; Dương, Trùng,; Fear, Sean,; Hoang, Tuan,; Ngọc, Phạm Kim,; Nhã, Hoàng Ðức,; Phước, Nguyễn Hữu,; Quyến, Bùi,; Sơn, Võ Kim,; Thân, Cao Văn,; Thúc, Vũ Quốc,; Thủy, Vũ Thanh,; Tran, Nu-Anh,; Trần, Phạm,; Vu, Tuong,
• HerausgeberIn: Fear, Sean,; Vu, Tuong,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 p.)

Through the voices of senior officials, teachers, soldiers, journalists, and artists, The Republic of Vietnam, 1955-1975, presents us with an interpretation of "South Vietnam" as a passionately imagined nation in the minds of ordinary Vietnamese, rather than merely as an expeditious political construct of the United States government.The moving and honest memoirs collected, translated, and edited here by Tuong Vu and Sean Fear describe the experiences of war, politics, and everyday life for people from many walks of life during the fraught years of Vietnam's Second Republic, leading up to and encompassing what Americans generally call the "Vietnam War." The voices gift the reader a sense of the authors' experiences in the Republic and their ideas about the nation during that time. The light and careful editing hand of Vu and Fear reveals that far from a Cold War proxy struggle, the conflict in Vietnam featured a true ideological divide between the communist North and the non-communist South.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Coping with Changes and War, Building a Foundation for Growth -- Chapter Two. The Birth of Central Banking, 1955-1956 -- Chapter Three. Reform or Collapse: Economic Challenges during Vietnamization -- Chapter Four. Land Reform and Agricultural Development, 1968-1975 -- Chapter Five. Striving for a Lasting Peace: The Paris Accords and Aftermath -- Chapter Six. Public Security and the National Police -- Chapter Seven. Reflections of a Frontline Soldier -- Chapter Eight. The Philosophies and Development of a Free Education -- Chapter Nine. Personal Reflections on the Educational System -- Chapter Ten. Life and Work of a Journalist -- Chapter Eleven. The Vietnam War in the Eyes of a Vietnamese War Correspondent -- Chapter Twelve. Sóng Thần's Campaign for Press Freedom -- Chapter Thirteen. Writers of the Republic of Vietnam -- Chapter Fourteen. The Cinema Industry -- Chapter Fifteen. The Neglect of the Republic of Vietnam in the American Historical Memory -- Chapter Sixteen. Political, Military, and Cultural Memoirs in Vietnamese -- About the Editors -- Index