Voices From the Second Republic of South Vietnam (19671975)

The Republic of (South) Vietnam is commonly viewed as a unified entity throughout the two decades (1955-75) during which the United States was its main ally. However, domestic politics during that time followed a dynamic trajectory from authoritarianism to chaos to a relatively stable experiment in parliamentary democracy. The stereotype of South Vietnam that appears in most writings, both academic and popular, focuses on the first two periods to portray a caricature of a corrupt, unstable dictatorship and ignores what was achieved during the last eight years. The essays in Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967-1975) come from those who strove to build a constitutional structure of representative government during a war for survival with a totalitarian state. Those committed to realizing a noncommunist Vietnamese future placed their hopes in the Second Republic, fought for it, and worked for its success. This book is a step in making their stories known.

Summary

This volume recovers the stories of those who strove to build a constitutional structure of representative government in South Vietnam during a war for survival with a totalitarian state.

Product details

• Authors: K. W. Taylor
• Assisted by: K. W. Taylor (Editor), Keith W. Taylor (Editor)
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2015
• EAN: 9780877277651
• ISBN: 978-0-87727-765-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas