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The white pebble : Madame Nhu's memoirs / Madame Ngô-Đình Nhu ; edited and foreword by Tuong Vu ; with essay by Ngô-Đình Lệ Quyên, Ngô-Đình Quỳnh, and Jacqueline Willemetz ; translated from the French by Quang L. Phan, with assistance from Maria Cristina de Mariassevich.

DS556.93.T676 A3 2025

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Trần, Lệ Xuân, 1924-2011, Author.
Contributor:: Vu, Tuong, 1965- editor.; Ngô Dinh, Lê Quyên, 1959-2012, writer of supplementary textual content.; Ngô-Đình, Quỳnh, writer of supplementary textual content.; Willemetz, Jacqueline, writer of supplementary textual content.; Phan, Quang L., translator.; Mariassevich, Maria Cristina de, translator.; University of Oregon. US-Vietnam Research Center, sponsor.
Series:: Peace and conflict series (Lubbock, Tex.); Peace and conflict series
Standardized Title:: Cailloux blanc. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/9b8f7a40-9521-85cb-c3e9-2c56143bb55b
Language:: English; French
Subjects (All):: Trần, Lệ Xuân, 1924-2011.; Trần, Lệ Xuân.; Ngô, Đình Diệm, 1901-1963--Family.; Ngô, Đình Diệm.; Politicians' spouses--Vietnam (Republic)--Biography.; Politicians' spouses.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Vietnamese.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975.; Vietnam (Republic)--Politics and government.; Vietnam (Republic).; Vietnam (Republic)--History.
Genre:: Autobiographies.
Physical Description:: xxvi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Other Title:: Madame Nhu's memoirs
Place of Publication:: Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2025]
Language Note:: In English, translated from the original French.
Summary:: "The memoir of controversial "first lady" of South Vietnam, Madame Nhu, wife of Ngô Dình Nhu, brother and chief adviser to President Ngô Dình Diem"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:: Foreword; Part I. The White Pebble; Introduction to Madame Ngô Đình Nhu's Memoirs; Chapter 1. The Logic of Predestination; Chapter 2. A Life Projected into History; Chapter 3. The Contribution of Vietnam; Chapter 4. Space of the Mission; Chapter 5. Christ of the Nations; Part II. The Republic of Vietnam and the Ngô-Đìnhs; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Ngô-Đìnhs; Chapter 2. Birth and Development of the Republic of Vietnam, "Việt Nam Cộng Hoà"; Chapter 3. The Coup d'état; Chapter 4. Another Look.
Notes:: "The US-Vietnam Research Center is pleased to sponsor the translation from French and publication of Madame Ngô-Đình Nhu's (Trần Lệ Xuân) posthumous memoirs, written in the last years of her life. The memoirs are accompanied by an essay written by the late Ngô-Đình Lệ Quyên, Ngô-Đình Quỳnh, and Jacqueline Willemetz titled 'The Republic of Vietnam and the Ngô-Đìnhs'"--Foreword.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contains:: Ngô-Đình, Quỳnh. République du Viêt-Nam et les Ngô-Dinh. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/d30b4d90-b6a8-3337-91dc-b906089e362c
Other Format:: Online version Trần, Lệ Xuân, 1924-2011 Cailloux blanc. English. White pebble
ISBN:: 9781682832783; 1682832783
OCLC:: 1513407223

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The white pebble : Madame Nhu's memoirs / Madame Ngô-Đình Nhu ; edited and foreword by Tuong Vu ; with essay by Ngô-Đình Lệ Quyên, Ngô-Đình Quỳnh, and Jacqueline Willemetz ; translated from the French by Quang L. Phan, with assistance from Maria Cristina de Mariassevich.

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