Author: | Edward Miller | ISBN: | 9780674075351 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 1, 2013 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Edward Miller |
ISBN: | 9780674075351 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | April 1, 2013 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
Diem’s alliance with Washington has long been seen as a Cold War relationship gone bad, undone by either American arrogance or Diem’s stubbornness. Edward Miller argues that this misalliance was more than just a joint effort to contain communism. It was also a means for each side to shrewdly pursue its plans for nation building in South Vietnam.
Diem’s alliance with Washington has long been seen as a Cold War relationship gone bad, undone by either American arrogance or Diem’s stubbornness. Edward Miller argues that this misalliance was more than just a joint effort to contain communism. It was also a means for each side to shrewdly pursue its plans for nation building in South Vietnam.