America's miracle man in Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem, religion, race, and U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia, 1950-1957

"Colonialism, communism, or Catholicism?" : Mr. Diem goes to Washington -- "Our system demands the supreme being" : America's third great awakening -- "These people aren't complicated" : America's "Asia" at midcentury -- "Christ crucified i...

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Main Author: Jacobs, Seth 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2004
Series:American encounters/global interactions
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Summary:"Colonialism, communism, or Catholicism?" : Mr. Diem goes to Washington -- "Our system demands the supreme being" : America's third great awakening -- "These people aren't complicated" : America's "Asia" at midcentury -- "Christ crucified in Indo-China" : Tom Dooley and the North Vietnamese refugees -- "The sects and the gangs mean to get rid of the saint" : "Lightning Joe" Collins and the battle for Saigon -- "This god-fearing anti-communist" : the Vietnam lobby and the selling of Ngo Dinh Diem
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:x, 381 p ill 24 cm
ISBN:9780822386087
0822386089

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