US internal security assistance to South Vietnam [[electronic resource] ] : insurgency, subversion, and public order / / William Rosenau

• Autore: Rosenau William
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 959.704/2
• Soggetto topico: Counterinsurgency - Vietnam (Republic); Internal security - Vietnam (Republic); Police - Vietnam (Republic); Subversive activities - Vietnam (Republic); Military assistance, American - Vietnam (Republic)
• Soggetto geografico: Vietnam (Republic) Politics and government
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-211) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Half Title: US Internal Security Assistance to South Vietnam; Title Page; Copyrights; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Eisenhower, US foreign internalsecurity assistance and the strugglefor the developing world; 2 Shoring up America's man; 3 The struggle for reform; 4 Competing conceptions; 5 John F. Kennedy, foreign internalsecurity assistance, and the challengeof 'subterranean war'; 6 'Ridiculous representatives of MrDiem'; 7 American universalism and the'triumph of technique'; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the US police and paramilitary assistance to the regime in South Vietnam to combat the spread of communist revolution during the 1955-1963 period.
• Titolo autorizzato: US internal security assistance to South Vietnam
• ISBN: 1-134-20066-8; 1-281-15817-8; 9786611158170; 0-203-02966-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784512003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cold War history series.