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To build as well as destroy : American nation building in South Vietnam /

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This book is about the history of U.S. nation-building efforts in South Vietnam from 1965 to 1973.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gawthorpe, Andrew J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
United States. > Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. > Office of Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support.
United States. > Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. > Civil Operations and Rural Development Support.
Nation-building > Vietnam (Republic)
Vietnam (Republic) > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam (Republic)
Vietnam (Republic) > Politics and government.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.