To Build as Well as Destroy : American Nation Building in South Vietnam / / Andrew J. Gawthorpe
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Gawthorpe Andrew J.
|
| Titolo: |
To Build as Well as Destroy : American Nation Building in South Vietnam / / Andrew J. Gawthorpe
|
| Pubblicazione: | Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2018 |
| ©2018 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (231 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 959.704/31 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nation-building - Vietnam (Republic) |
| Soggetto geografico: | Vietnam (Republic) Politics and government |
| United States Foreign relations Vietnam (Republic) | |
| Vietnam (Republic) Foreign relations United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Vietnam War, unseen oral histories, failure of U.S to achieve victory, Washington, non-Communist state in South Vietnam |
| 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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | To Build as Well as Destroy |
| ISBN: | 1-5017-1209-8 |
| 1-5017-0945-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910315229903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |