| Description |
1 online resource (x, 220 pages) |
| Series |
Cold war history series |
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Cold War history series.
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| Contents |
Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Eisenhower, US foreign internal security assistance and the struggle for the developing world -- chapter 2 Shoring up America's man: the origins of police and paramilitary assistance to South Vietnam, 1954-6 -- chapter 3 The struggle for reform: the United States and Diem's internal security forces, 1956-8 -- chapter 4 Competing conceptions: the United States, Diem and the Civil Guard, 1955-61 -- chapter 5 John F. Kennedy, foreign internal security assistance, and the challenge of 'subterranean war' -- chapter 6 'Ridiculous representatives of Mr Diem': paramilitary forces and the Strategic Hamlet Program, 1961-3 -- chapter 7 American universalism and the triumph of technique: the Kennedy administration and civilian police reform in South Vietnam |
| Summary |
This book examines the US police and paramilitary assistance to the regime in South Vietnam to combat the spread of communist revolution during the 1955-1963 period |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-211) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Counterinsurgency -- Vietnam (Republic)
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Internal security -- Vietnam (Republic)
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Police -- Vietnam (Republic)
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Subversive activities -- Vietnam (Republic)
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Military assistance, American -- Vietnam (Republic)
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HISTORY.
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Counterinsurgency
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Internal security
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Military assistance, American
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Police
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Politics and government
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Subversive activities
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| SUBJECT |
Vietnam (Republic) -- Politics and government
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| Subject |
Vietnam (Republic)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203029664 |
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0203029666 |
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9780415369985 |
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0415369983 |
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1134200668 |
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9781134200665 |
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1281158178 |
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9781281158178 |
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9786611158170 |
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6611158170 |
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