Ambassadorial roles and foreign policy: Elbridge Durbrow, Frederick Nolting, and the U.S. commitment to Diem's Vietnam, 1957-61. (Articles). From: Presidential Studies Quarterly | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Adamson, Michael R. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Center for the Study of the Presidency. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This study examines the roles played by Elbridge Durbrow and Frederick Nolting, U.S. ambassadors to South Vietnam from 1957 to 1961 and 1961 to 1963, respectively, in the implementation of U.S. policy at a pivotal moment when Washington conceded some of the leverage that it might have wielded over South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem. It illustrates how presidential administrations redefine ambassadorial roles and how ambassadors carry out their instructions. Both ambassadors acted in w...

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