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Record Nr.

UNINA9910315229903321

Autore

Gawthorpe Andrew J.

Titolo

To Build as Well as Destroy : American Nation Building in South Vietnam / / Andrew J. Gawthorpe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-5017-1209-8

1-5017-0945-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 pages)

Disciplina

959.704/31

Soggetti

Nation-building - Vietnam (Republic)

Electronic books.

Vietnam (Republic) Politics and government

United States Foreign relations Vietnam (Republic)

Vietnam (Republic) Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the nation-building metaphor -- The Diem years -- The Johnson administration and nation-building -- Setting up CORDS -- The "opportunity" -- The Nixon administration and nation-building -- CORDS and the village system -- Implementing the village system -- Conclusion : humility and nation-building.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is about the history of U.S. nation-building efforts in South Vietnam from 1965 to 1973"--