Disunion: Anticommunist Nationalism and the Making of the Republic of Vietnam

by Nu-Anh Tran

Book Overview

Since the 1950s, the domestic politics of the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) has puzzled outside observers. To these external analysts, the American-backed regime seemed to be plagued by instability and factionalism for no apparent reason. Their bewilderment, however, has obscured a deep and complex history. In Disunion, Nu-Anh Tran shows how factional struggles in the Saigon-based republic reflected serious disagreements about political ideas at a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824891627
• ISBN13: 9780824891626
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"