Cold War Mandarin; Ngo Dinh Diem and the origins of America's war in Vietnam, 1950-1963.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Cold War Mandarin; Ngo Dinh Diem and the origins of America's war in Vietnam, 1950-1963.

Jacobs, Seth.

Rowman & Littlefield

2006

207 pages

$19.95

Paperback

Vietnam; America in the war years

DS556

The American decision to commit political and, later, military support to Southern Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem, argues Jacobs (history, Boston College), was the most fundamental decision of US involvement in ...

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