For almost a decade, the tyrannical Ngo Dinh Diem governed South Vietnam as a one-party police state while the U.S. financed his tyranny. In this new book, Seth Jacobs traces the tragic history of the so-called "Diem experiment" from his first appearance in Washington as a penniless expatriate in 1950 to his murder by South Vietnamese soldiers on the outskirts of Saigon in 1963.
For almost a decade, the tyrannical Ngo Dinh Diem governed South Vietnam as a one-party police state while the U.S. financed his tyranny. In this new book, Seth Jacobs traces the tragic history of the so-called "Diem experiment" from his first appearance in Washington as a penniless expatriate in 1950 to his murder by South Vietnamese soldiers on the outskirts of Saigon in 1963.
Introduction Chapter 1: "The Kind of Asian We Can Live with": Diem Wins American Support Chapter 2: "Let Our People Go!": The Geneva Accords and Passage to Freedom Chapter 3: "This Fellow Is Impossible": The Collins Mission Chapter 4: "Miracle Man": Diem's Regime in Myth and Reality Chapter 5: "Truth Shall Burst Forth in Irresistible Waves of Hatred": Cracks in the Facade Chapter 6: "A Scenario of Torture, Persecution, and Worse": The Diem Experiment in Decline Chapter 7: "No Respectable Turning Back": Collapse of the Diem Experiment Conclusion Bibliographic Essay
Introduction Chapter 1: "The Kind of Asian We Can Live with": Diem Wins American Support Chapter 2: "Let Our People Go!": The Geneva Accords and Passage to Freedom Chapter 3: "This Fellow Is Impossible": The Collins Mission Chapter 4: "Miracle Man": Diem's Regime in Myth and Reality Chapter 5: "Truth Shall Burst Forth in Irresistible Waves of Hatred": Cracks in the Facade Chapter 6: "A Scenario of Torture, Persecution, and Worse": The Diem Experiment in Decline Chapter 7: "No Respectable Turning Back": Collapse of the Diem Experiment Conclusion Bibliographic Essay
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