Cauldron of Resistance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s Southern Vietnam

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Index Acheson, Dean, 41, 49 Afghanistan, 202–3 Agent Orange, 201 Allied forces, 24, 26–28, 31 Anderson, Daniel, 139, 142, 144, 186–87 Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), 174, 177, 188, 191 arson, 33, 143 assassinations, 31, 33, 36–37, 67, 132–33, 136, 187, 198 Associated States, 49, 53–54 Association for National Restoration (Cao Dai), 54, 65, 177 August Revolution, 29–31, 33, 38, 43, 76, 134 Auriol,Vincent, 46 Australia, 63, 174 Avant-GardeYouth, 33, 37 Ba Cut, 26, 36, 75, 91, 112–13, 124–31, 141–45, 170. See also Hoa Hao Ba Duong, 30, 34 Ba Nho, 34 Ban Me Thuot, 187 Bao Dai abdication, 27, 45, 162 Binh Xuyen, support from, 67–68, 149, 160 Cao Dai, support from, 46, 59, 67–68, 160 deposition, 3, 7, 11, 141, 145, 148–50, 156, 161–63 elections, 64, 146 Élysée accords, 46–47 exile status, 44, 131 France, negotiations with, 37, 42, 44–47, 55–56, 89, 148 Hoa Hao, support from, 46, 67–68, 149, 160 Japan, relations with, 26 leadership appointments, 44–47, 70, 72 lineage, 154–57 Ngo Dinh Diem, relations with, 3, 7, 47, 70, 82, 88, 107–9, 145–46, 148–54 reputation, 44–45, 47, 140, 146, 153–60 United States, relations with, 40–41, 47–48, 61, 70, 72 See also State of Vietnam (SVN) Bao The, 1 270 Index Battle of Dien Bien Phu, 11, 61–62 Battle of Saigon, 7, 110–13, 117, 120, 130, 145, 174 BayVien, 4, 22, 30, 33–37, 56, 67, 74, 81, 91–92, 98, 110–11, 126, 130–31, 139–41. See also Binh Xuyen beheadings, 128, 144 Berlin Conference, 62–63 Bidault, George, 50, 63 Binh Xuyen anticolonial activity, 22–24 Bao Dai, support for, 67–68, 149, 160 Buddhism, influence of, 17, 22–23 France, conflict with, 4, 22–24, 33–38, 58, 60, 88 gambling operations, 74, 76, 90 Japanese support, 30 leadership, 22, 30, 58 military activity, 32, 38, 64–65, 110–12, 124 Ngo Dinh Diem, conflict with, 5–9, 71–73, 76–81, 86–91, 96–99, 102–3, 107–15, 124–25, 138, 179 organizational structure, 4, 22, 30 origins, 4, 16–17, 30 partition measures, 67–68 police/security operations, 4, 37, 76, 90, 98, 103, 108–9 political ambitions, 5, 22, 38, 60, 112 popular support, 14, 24 prostitution rings, 74, 140 religious roots, 22 Robin Hood status, 16–17 United States, relations with, 4–6, 41, 60, 62, 71–72, 86, 94–96 Viet Minh, relations with, 28–34, 36–38, 60 See also BayVien Bollaert, Émile, 46 boycotts, 178–79, 181 Britain, 31, 43, 45, 49, 63, 150, 174 Buddhism autonomy restrictions, 194–95 Binh Xuyen, influence on, 17, 22–23 Cao Dai, influence on, 15, 17, 194 Catholicism, relations with, 9, 72 Hoa Hao, influence on, 16, 18, 22–23, 194 Mahayana framework, 17 millenarian organizations, 13–14, 18 Ngo Dinh Diem, criticism of, 192 southVietnam presence, 17, 72, 152, 193 Unified Buddhist Church, 194 virtuous ruler, 152 Burrows, Reggie, 54 Buttinger, Joseph, 103 Buu Hoi, 78, 177 Buu Loc, 58–59, 64–65, 67, 72, 78, 130, 177 Buu Son Ky Huong, 13–14, 17–18, 22 Cambodia, 1, 32, 47, 49, 69, 126–27, 186 Cameron,Turner, 72 Can Lao Party, 3, 70–71, 119–20, 129–30, 138, 170 Can Tho, 29–30, 126, 143–44, 168 Canada, 69 Candidates’ Campaign Committee (CCC), 178–79, 181 Cao Bang, 49 Cao Dai anticolonial activity, 1–2, 8, 19–21, 23–26 Association for National Restoration, 54, 65, 177 Bao Dai, support for, 46, 59, 67–68, 160 Buddhism, influence of, 15, 17, 194 communism, opposition to, 80, 82, 84, 178 France, conflict with, 4, 19–20, 24–26, 33–35, 37–38, 58, 60, 88 Holy See, 1, 19, 25, 126–27, 135, 187, 193–94 Japanese support, 23–26 leadership, 1, 21, 24–26, 29, 58, 75 military activity, 23, 25–26, 32, 38, 64–65, 75, 102, 126–27, 138, 177, 187 National Resistance Front, 138, 177 Ngo Dinh Diem, conflict with, 5–9, 71–73, 76–81, 86–91, 96–99, 112–15, 124, 138–39, 170, 179, 187, 192–93 organizational structure, 4, 19, 21, 23, 38, 75 origins, 4, 15 partition measures, 67–68 peasant following, 19–21 political ambitions, 5, 19–21, 25, 38, 52, 59–60, 75, 80, 112 popular support, 14, 19–20, 24...