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Elbridge Durbrow's war in Vietnam : the ambassador's influence on American involvement, 1957-1961 / Ronald Bruce Frankum, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frankum, Ronald Bruce, Jr., 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam (Republic)--Foreign relations--United States.
- Vietnam (Republic).
- United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam (Republic).
- United States.
- Ngô, Đình Diệm, 1901-1963.
- Ngô, Đình Diệm.
- Durbrow, Elbridge, 1903-1997.
- Durbrow, Elbridge.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Elbridge Durbrow served as the third United States ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam from 1957 to 1961. His relationships with Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm and members of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Saigon helped to shape his tenure in office, which ultimately concluded with his decision to end his support for the Vietnamese leader as well as turn away from the American military representatives who had earned Ngô Đình Diệm's trust. This triangular relationship between three competing entities was mired in clashes of ego and personality that often interfered with the American decision making process. Durbrow and his embassy staff, rather than work with the Vietnamese leadership, chose to focus on the negative and reported to Washington only those items that reinforced this perspective. They created an atmosphere of distrust and anxiety that neither the Americans nor Vietnamese could overcome in the 1960s and helped to create the conditions for greater United States involvement in Southeast Asia"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A short honeymoon in Saigon
- "The miracle man of Vietnam" : Durbrow and Ngô Đình Diệm visit the United States
- Formulating Vietnam strategy, 1957
- Funding the Vietnam strategy, 1957
- Planning for victory : MAAG, Durbrow and Ngô Đình Diệm
- The politics of opposition
- The war at home and on the periphery : American criticism of Ngô Đình Diệm
- The Laotian crisis, 1959
- The Cambodian affair, 1959
- The unending war of respect : Colegrove replaces Cambodia
- National Assembly elections and question of democracy
- The struggles of a young republic
- American lines divide over Vietnam
- The Vietnam triangle : Durbrow, Lansdale and Williams
- Influencing Ngô Đình Diệm and the abortive November 1960 coup d'état
- Durbrow's last days in Vietnam.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3620-6
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