The Republic of Vietnam, 1955-1975 : Vietnamese perspectives on nation building /
Presents a collection of translated firsthand accounts of South Vietnamese military and civilian officials and prominent civilians who helped build the Republic of Vietnam. Through the voices of senior officials, teachers, soldiers, journalists and artists, The Republic of Vietnam, 1955-1975, presen...
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Ithaca, New York :
Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Coping with changes and war, building foundation for growth
- The birth of central banking, 1955-1956
- Reform or collapse : economic challenges during Vietnamization
- Land reform and agricultural development, 1968-1975
- Striving for a lasting peace : the Paris Accords and aftermath
- Public security and the national police
- Reflections of a frontline soldier
- The philosophies and development of a free education
- Personal reflections on the educational system
- Life and work of a journalist
- The Vietnam War in the eyes of a Vietnamese war correspondent
- Song Than's campaign for press freedom
- Writers of the Republic of Vietnam
- The cinema industry
- The neglect of the Republic of Vietnam in the American historical memory
- Political, military, and cultural memoirs in Vietnamese.