LEADER 03971nam 2200529 450 001 9910794520603321 005 20220506100701.0 010 $a1-9788-2517-X 010 $a1-9788-2519-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9781978825192 035 $a(CKB)4100000011998818 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6707622 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6707622 035 $a(OCoLC)1264468185 035 $a(DE-B1597)606835 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781978825192 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011998818 100 $a20220506d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNothing is impossible $eAmerica's reconciliation with Vietnam /$fTed Osius, John Kerry 210 1$aNew Brunswick, NJ :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (357 pages) 311 $a1-9788-2516-1 327 $aCover -- Praise for Nothing Is Impossible -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- List of Photographs -- Foreword by John Kerry -- Preface: Bie?n Ho?a Cemetery -- A Note on the Text -- 1. An Improbable Friendship -- 2. A Time to Heal and a Time to Build -- 3. The Story of Pete Peterson -- 4. David and Goliath -- 5. The Legacies of War -- 6. Think Unthinkable Thoughts -- 7. Diplomacy from a Bicycle Seat -- 8. Cha?u, Khie??t, and the Students of Vietnam -- 9. China and the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- 10. The Communist Party -- 11. The Notorious RBG -- 12. A New Journey -- 13. A New President -- 14. Ditches and Tree Roots -- Epilogue: Reconciliation -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"Today Vietnam is one of America's strongest international partners, with a thriving economy and a population that welcomes American visitors. How that relationship was formed is a twenty-year story of daring diplomacy and a careful thawing of tensions between the two countries after a lengthy war that cost nearly 60,000 American and more than two million Vietnamese lives. Ted Osius, former ambassador during the Obama Administration, offers a vivid account, starting in the 1990s, of the various forms of diplomacy that made this reconciliation possible. He considers the leaders who put aside past traumas to work on creating a brighter future, including senators John McCain and John Kerry, two Vietnam veterans and ideological opponents who set aside their differences for a greater cause, and Pete Peterson-the former POW who became the first U.S. ambassador to a new Vietnam. Osius also draws upon his own experiences working first-hand with various Vietnamese leaders and traveling the country on bicycle to spotlight the ordinary Vietnamese people who have helped bring about their nation's extraordinary renaissance. With a foreword by former Secretary of State John Kerry, Nothing is Impossible tells an inspiring story of how international diplomacy can create a better world"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAmbassadors$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zVietnam 607 $aVietnam$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989- 610 $aVietnam, America, Vietnam War, foreign affairs, Asian studies, US, military, political science, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, John McCain, John Kerry, Vietnam veterans, US-China, US-Vietnam, Vietnam relations, US relations, international diplomacy, China, Trans-Pacific, Communism, Communist Party, South Vietnam, Resistance War, Laos, Cambodia, Fall of Saigon, Viet cong. 615 0$aAmbassadors 676 $a327.730092 686 $aLB 51415$2rvk 700 $aOsius$b Ted$01494769 702 $aKerry$b John$f1943- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794520603321 996 $aNothing is impossible$93718516 997 $aUNINA