To Build as Well as Destroy : American Nation Building in South Vietnam / Andrew J. Gawthorpe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (258 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501709456
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Contents:
Introduction : the nation-building metaphor -- The Diem years -- The Johnson administration and nation-building -- Setting up CORDS -- The "opportunity" -- The Nixon administration and nation-building -- CORDS and the village system -- Implementing the village system -- Conclusion : humility and nation-building.
Summary: "This book is about the history of U.S. nation-building efforts in South Vietnam from 1965 to 1973"-- Provided by publisher
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Introduction : the nation-building metaphor -- The Diem years -- The Johnson administration and nation-building -- Setting up CORDS -- The "opportunity" -- The Nixon administration and nation-building -- CORDS and the village system -- Implementing the village system -- Conclusion : humility and nation-building.

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"This book is about the history of U.S. nation-building efforts in South Vietnam from 1965 to 1973"-- Provided by publisher

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