LEADER 04432nam 22006495 450 001 9910779670003321 005 20230719001132.0 010 $a0-8014-6741-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801467417 035 $a(CKB)2550000001038594 035 $a(OCoLC)826855580 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10650185 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000819547 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11430477 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819547 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10844321 035 $a(PQKB)10992317 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001499958 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138426 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28732 035 $a(DE-B1597)478528 035 $a(OCoLC)979684430 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801467417 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001038594 100 $a20190708d2013 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCauldron of Resistance $eNgo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950's Southern Vietnam /$fJessica M. Chapman 210 1$aIthaca, NY :$cCornell University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 225 0 $aThe United States in the World 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50311-7 311 $a0-8014-5061-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-267)and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$t1. Anticolonialism in Vietnam's Wild South --$t2. The Crucible of Southern Vietnamese Nationalism and America's Cold War --$t3. "Sink or Swim with Ngo Dinh Diem" --$t4. The "Sect" Crisis of 1955 and America's Miracle Man in Vietnam --$t5. Destroying the Sources of Demoralization: Ngo Dinh Diem's National Revolution --$t6. A Different Democracy: South Vietnam's Referendum to Depose Bao Dai --$t7. The Making of a Revolution in South Vietnam --$tConclusion --$tAppendix: Select Vietnamese Names with Diacritics --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem organized an election to depose chief-of-state Bao Dai, after which he proclaimed himself the first president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. The United States sanctioned the results of this election, which was widely condemned as fraudulent, and provided substantial economic aid and advice to the RVN. Because of this, Diem is often viewed as a mere puppet of the United States, in service of its Cold War geopolitical strategy. That narrative, Jessica M. Chapman contends in Cauldron of Resistance, grossly oversimplifies the complexity of South Vietnam's domestic politics and, indeed, Diem's own political savvy. Based on extensive work in Vietnamese, French, and American archives, Chapman offers a detailed account of three crucial years, 1953-1956, during which a new Vietnamese political order was established in the south. It is, in large part, a history of Diem's political ascent as he managed to subdue the former Emperor Bao Dai, the armed Hoa Hao and Cao Dai religious organizations, and the Binh Xuyen crime organization. It is also an unparalleled account of these same outcast political powers, forces that would reemerge as destabilizing political and military actors in the late 1950's and early 1960's.Chapman shows Diem to be an engaged leader whose personalist ideology influenced his vision for the new South Vietnamese state, but also shaped the policies that would spell his demise. Washington's support for Diem because of his staunch anticommunism encouraged him to employ oppressive measures to suppress dissent, thereby contributing to the alienation of his constituency, and helped inspire the organized opposition to his government that would emerge by the late 1950's and eventually lead to the Vietnam War. 410 0$aUnited States in the world. 606 $aAsian Studies 606 $aMilitary History 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zVietnam (Republic) 607 $aVietnam (Republic)$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aVietnam (Republic)$xPolitics and government 615 4$aAsian Studies. 615 4$aMilitary History. 676 $a327.59707309045 700 $aChapman$b Jessica M.$0842998 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779670003321 996 $aCauldron of Resistance$91881153 997 $aUNINA