Diem's final failure: prelude to America's war in Vietnam.(Book Review)

From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: February 1, 2004| Author: Masur, Matt | Copyright information

Diem's final failure: Prelude to America's war in Vietnam. By PHILIP CATTON Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2002. Pp. x, 298. Map, Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: S0022463404320084

In this book Philip Catton examines American-South Vietnamese relations in the context of land reform policies instituted during the reign of Ngo Dinh Diem. From 1954 until 1963, the United States and Ngo Dinh Diem worked to create a non-communist nation in South Vietnam. Differing view...

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