The Lotus Unleashed

The Buddhist Peace Movement in South Vietnam, 1964-1966

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Southeast Asia, Military, Vietnam War, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Buddhism
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Author: Robert J. Topmiller ISBN: 9780813137018
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Publication: November 1, 2006
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky Language: English
Author: Robert J. Topmiller
ISBN: 9780813137018
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Publication: November 1, 2006
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
Language: English

During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrifices -- including self-immolation -- to try to end the fighting. They hoped to establish a neutralist government that would broker peace with the Communists and expel the Americans. Robert J. Topmiller explores South Vietnamese attitudes toward the war, the insurgency, and U.S. intervention, and lays bare the dissension within the U.S. military. The Lotus Unleashed is one of the few studies to illuminate the impact of internal Vietnamese politics on U.S. decision-making and to examine the power of a nonviolent movement to confront a violent superpower.

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During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrifices -- including self-immolation -- to try to end the fighting. They hoped to establish a neutralist government that would broker peace with the Communists and expel the Americans. Robert J. Topmiller explores South Vietnamese attitudes toward the war, the insurgency, and U.S. intervention, and lays bare the dissension within the U.S. military. The Lotus Unleashed is one of the few studies to illuminate the impact of internal Vietnamese politics on U.S. decision-making and to examine the power of a nonviolent movement to confront a violent superpower.

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