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

Contents

Contents Preface ix Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 1. Anticolonialism inVietnam’s Wild South 13 2. The Crucible of SouthernVietnamese Nationalism and America’s Cold War 40 3. “Sink or Swim with Ngo Dinh Diem” 61 4. The “Sect” Crisis of 1955 and America’s Miracle Man inVietnam 86 5. Destroying the Sources of Demoralization: Ngo Dinh Diem’s National Revolution 116 6. A Different Democracy: SouthVietnam’s Referendum to Depose Bao Dai 146 viii Contents 7. The Making of a Revolution in SouthVietnam 173 Conclusion 196 Appendix: SelectVietnamese Names with Diacritics 205 Notes 207 Bibliography 251 Index 269 ...