MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02025cam a22003854a 4500
001 2006003240
003 DLC
005 20080704085613.0
008 060131s2006 mdua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2006003240
020 $a0742544478 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0742544486 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780742544475 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780742544482 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm63297750
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dMUQ$dYDXCP$dOCLCQ$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---$aa-vt---
050 00 $aDS556.9$b.J34 2006
082 00 $a959.704/31$222
100 1 $aJacobs, Seth,$d1964-
245 10 $aCold war mandarin :$bNgo Dinh Diem and the origins of America's war in Vietnam, 1950-1963 /$cSeth Jacobs.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bRowman & Littlefield Publishers,$cc2006.
300 $axi, 207 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aVietnam--America in the war years
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-194) and index.
505 0 $a"The kind of Asian we can live with" : Diem wins American support -- "Let our people go!" : the Geneva accords and passage to freedom -- "This fellow is impossible" : the Collins mission -- "Miracle man" : Diem's regime in myth and reality -- "Truth shall burst forth in irresistible waves of hatred" : cracks in the façade -- "A scenario of torture, persecution, and worse" : the Diem experiment in decline -- "No respectable turning back" : collapse of the Diem experiment.
651 0 $aVietnam (Republic)$xPolitics and government.
600 10 $aNgô, Đình Diệm,$d1901-1963.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zVietnam (Republic)
651 0 $aVietnam (Republic)$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$zUnited States.
830 0 $aVietnam--America in the war years (Unnumbered)
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006003240.html
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f4v6-aa