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Paperback The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam Book

ISBN: 1621646130

ISBN13: 9781621646136

The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam

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Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam, possessed the Confucian "Mandate of Heaven", a moral and political authority that was widely recognized by all Vietnamese. This devout Roman Catholic leader never lost this mandate in the eyes of his people; rather, he was taken down by a military coup sponsored by the U.S. government, which resulted in his brutal murder.

The commonly held view runs contrary to the above assertion...

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