Diplomats at war : friendship and betrayal on the brink of the Vietnam Conflict /
"Both personal memoir and political history, this book recounts the decisions that fully embroiled the United States in the Vietnam War. Trueheart chronicles the ways in which the breakdown between his godfather, Frederick Nolting, U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam, and his father, William Trueh...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
[2024]
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| Series: | Miller Center studies on the presidency.
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| Summary: | "Both personal memoir and political history, this book recounts the decisions that fully embroiled the United States in the Vietnam War. Trueheart chronicles the ways in which the breakdown between his godfather, Frederick Nolting, U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam, and his father, William Trueheart, second in command at the embassy, led to the breakdown of U.S.-South Vietnamese relations and a violent coup three weeks before President Kennedy was assassinated"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 343 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813951287 0813951283 |