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UNINA9910962072303321 |
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Haldeman Bonnie <1944-> |
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Memories of the Branch Davidians : the autobiography of David Koresh's mother / / by Bonnie Haldeman ; as told to Catherine Wessinger |
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Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2007 |
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9786610930029 |
9781280930027 |
1280930020 |
9781602580886 |
160258088X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WessingerCatherine <1952-> |
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Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Tex., 1993 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-183) and index. |
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Bonnie Clark -- The Haldeman family -- Vernon Howell becomes a Branch Davidian -- Bonnie Haldeman becomes a Branch Davidian -- David Koresh's shootout with George Roden at Mount Carmel -- Resettling at Mount Carmel -- Bonnie and Roy leave Mount Carmel -- Visits back and forth with folks at Mount Carmel -- The ATF raid, February 28, 1993 -- The siege -- The fire, April 19, 1993 -- 1994 criminal trial -- 2000 civil trial -- Life after the fire -- Going back to Mount Carmel -- Remembering the people and lifestyle at Mount Carmel -- Remembering the children -- Remembering David -- Appendix: poems by David Koresh. |
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The 1993 event at Mt. Carmel shocked all of America and has since spawned a plethora of books regarding the "truth" about the Branch Davidians. Memories of the Branch Davidians is the story told from the inside. The oral history of Bonnie Haldeman, the mother of Vernon Howell (David Koresh), it offers an intimate, first-hand account of how a boy named Vernon Howell became David Koresh. Haldeman paints a picture of Koresh that could only be told by one who knew both his |
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greatest strengths and his deepest faults. |
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UNINA9910973602903321 |
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Chapman Jessica M (Jessica Miranda), <1977-> |
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Cauldron of Resistance : Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950's Southern Vietnam / / Jessica M. Chapman |
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (293 p.) |
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The United States in the World |
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Asian Studies |
Military History |
United States Foreign relations Vietnam (Republic) |
Vietnam (Republic) Foreign relations United States |
Vietnam (Republic) Politics and government |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-267)and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Anticolonialism in Vietnam's Wild South -- 2. The Crucible of Southern Vietnamese Nationalism and America's Cold War -- 3. "Sink or Swim with Ngo Dinh Diem" -- 4. The "Sect" Crisis of 1955 and America's Miracle Man in Vietnam -- 5. Destroying the Sources of Demoralization: Ngo Dinh Diem's National Revolution -- 6. A Different Democracy: South Vietnam's Referendum to Depose Bao Dai -- 7. The Making of a Revolution in South Vietnam -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Select Vietnamese Names with Diacritics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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In 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem organized an election to depose chief-of-state Bao Dai, after which he proclaimed himself the first president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. The United States sanctioned the results of this election, which was widely condemned as fraudulent, and |
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provided substantial economic aid and advice to the RVN. Because of this, Diem is often viewed as a mere puppet of the United States, in service of its Cold War geopolitical strategy. That narrative, Jessica M. Chapman contends in Cauldron of Resistance, grossly oversimplifies the complexity of South Vietnam's domestic politics and, indeed, Diem's own political savvy. Based on extensive work in Vietnamese, French, and American archives, Chapman offers a detailed account of three crucial years, 1953-1956, during which a new Vietnamese political order was established in the south. It is, in large part, a history of Diem's political ascent as he managed to subdue the former Emperor Bao Dai, the armed Hoa Hao and Cao Dai religious organizations, and the Binh Xuyen crime organization. It is also an unparalleled account of these same outcast political powers, forces that would reemerge as destabilizing political and military actors in the late 1950's and early 1960's.Chapman shows Diem to be an engaged leader whose personalist ideology influenced his vision for the new South Vietnamese state, but also shaped the policies that would spell his demise. Washington's support for Diem because of his staunch anticommunism encouraged him to employ oppressive measures to suppress dissent, thereby contributing to the alienation of his constituency, and helped inspire the organized opposition to his government that would emerge by the late 1950's and eventually lead to the Vietnam War. |
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