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Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967-1975)

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Availability:In StockContributor:K. W. Taylor (Editor)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:2015-02-19Pages:180
Language:EnglishPublisher:Southeast Asia Program PublicationsISBN-13:9780877277651ISBN-10:877277656UPC:9780877277651Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Asia, Wars & Conflicts, History & TheoryBook Topic:Southeast Asia, Vietnam WarSize:9.80 x 7.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCV1ABY53J

The Republic of (South) Vietnam is commonly viewed as a unified entity throughout the two decades (1955-75) during which the United States was its main ally. However, domestic politics during that time followed a dynamic trajectory from authoritarianism to chaos to a relatively stable experiment in parliamentary democracy. The stereotype of South Vietnam that appears in most writings, both academic and popular, focuses on the first two periods to portray a caricature of a corrupt, unstable dictatorship and ignores what was achieved during the last eight years.

The essays in Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967-1975) come from those who strove to build a constitutional structure of representative government during a war for survival with a totalitarian state. Those committed to realizing a noncommunist Vietnamese future placed their hopes in the Second Republic, fought for it, and worked for its success. This book is a step in making their stories known.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Southeast Asia Program PublicationsISBN-13:9780877277651ISBN-10:877277656UPC:9780877277651Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Asia, Wars & Conflicts, History & TheoryBook Topic:Southeast Asia, Vietnam WarSize:9.80 x 7.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCV1ABY53J

Keith W. Taylor is Professor of Vietnamese Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of A History of the Vietnamese.


Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications

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