America's Miracle Man in Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem, Religion, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Southeast Asia
- ISBN-10
- 0822334402
- ISBN-13
- 9780822334408
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 381
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Author
- Seth Jacobs
Description
DIVArgues that American cultural conceptions of religion and race during the 1950s played a crucial role in framing an ideology through which U.S. policymakers understood their options in Vietnam./div
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