Elbridge Durbrow's War in Vietnam
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476677750 (ISBN)
Elbridge Durbrow served as the third United States ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam from 1957 to 1961. His relationships with Vietnamese president Ngo Đinh Diệm and members of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Saigon helped to shape his tenure in office, which ultimately concluded with his decision to end his support for the Vietnamese leader as well as turn away from the American military representatives who had earned Ngo Đinh Diệm's trust.
This triangular relationship was mired in clashes of ego and personality that often interfered with the American decision making process. Durbrow and his embassy staff, rather than work with the Vietnamese leadership, chose to focus on the negative and reported to Washington only those items that reinforced this perspective. They created an atmosphere of distrust and anxiety that neither the Americans nor Vietnamese could overcome in the 1960s and helped to create the conditions for greater United States involvement in Southeast Asia.
Ronald Bruce Frankum, Jr., is a history professor and chair of the Department of History at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. A previous associate director and archivist for the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University, he has written several books on the Vietnam War era.
Table of Contents
A Note on Sources and Names
Preface
1. A Short Honeymoon in Saigon
2. “The Miracle Man of Vietnam”: Durbrow and Ngô Đình Diệm Visit the United States
3. Formulating Vietnam Strategy, 1957
4. Funding the Vietnam Strategy, 1957
5. Planning for Victory: MAAG, Durbrow and Ngô Đình Diệm
6. The Politics of Opposition
7. The War at Home and on the Periphery: American Criticism of Ngô Đình Diệm
8. The Laotian Crisis, 1959
9. The Cambodian Affair, 1959
10. The Unending War of Respect: Colegrove Replaces Cambodia
11. National Assembly Elections and Question of Democracy
12. The Struggles of a Young Republic
13. American Lines Divide Over Vietnam
14. The Vietnam Triangle: Durbrow, Lansdale and Williams
15. Influencing Ngô Đình Diệm and the Abortive November 1960 Coup d’état
16. Durbrow’s Last Days in Vietnam
Conclusion
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.06.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 8 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 363 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781476677750 / 9781476677750 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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