Republican Vietnam, 1963-1975 : war, society, diaspora / edited by Trinh M. Luu and Tuong Vu.

Other author Luu, Trinh M., editor.
Other author Vu, Tuong, 1965- editor.
Format Book
PublicationHonolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2023]
Descriptionxi, 310 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. ^A593434
Contents "Everything Depends on Us Alone": President Nguyễn, Văn Thiệu's Vietnamization Strategy / David L. Prentice -- "All the Communists Must Leave": The Origin, Evolution, and Failure of Saigon's Peace Demands, 1963-1973 / George J. Veith -- War, Nation-Building, and the Role of the Press in the Second Republic / Thanh Hoang and Tuong Vu -- Reconceptualizing Foreign Aid: The United States' Commercial Import Program for the Republic of Vietnam, 1954-1975 / Phạm, Thị Hồng Hà -- Building Higher Education during War: South Vietnam's Public Universities in the Second Republic, 1967-1975 / Truong Thùy Dung -- Buddhist Social Work in the Vietnam War: Thích Nhất Hạnh and the School of Youth for Social Service / Adrienne Minh-Châu Lê -- Political Philology and Academic Freedom: A Defense of Thích Minh Châu -- / Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox -- Songs of Sympathy in Time of War: Commercial Music in the Republic of Vietnam / Jason Gibbs -- Pray the Rosary and Do Apostolic Work: The Modern Vietnamese Catholic -- Associational Culture / Tuan Hoang -- Rhizomatic Transnationalism: Nhạc Vàng and the Legacy of Republicanism in Overseas Vietnamese Communities / Vinh Phu Pham -- Ethnic Buddhism and Women in Hoa Pham's Lady of the Realm and Chi Vu's Anguli Ma: A Gothic Tale / Phạm, Vũ Lan Anh -- Vietism: Human Rights, Carl Jung, and the New Vietnamese / Trinh M. Luu.
Abstract "English-language scholarship all too often dismisses South Vietnam as an American creation, a product of US imperialism. Republican Vietnam boldly upends this depiction, exposing a diverse and dynamic portrait of the Second Republic. In twelve essays, each based on original archival research, the volume brings to life the Second Republic in all its complexities, displaying how politicians, students, educators, publishers, journalists, musicians, religious leaders, businessmen, and ordinary citizens built a highly intricate society-with dazzling entrepreneurial zeal, an outspoken press, globally engaged religions, a vibrant intellectual and associational culture, and a level of artistic production that remains unmatched since the Vietnam War. That inspired and frenzied age, though short lived, held a resilient spirit that Vietnamese refugees have kept alive. The trove of vernacular music and print media, not to mention the many associations the Vietnamese diaspora founded, exemplify the republican values that once energized South Vietnamese culture. But this nuanced society has appeared in popular media and American scholarship as a hopelessly dependent nation, led by corrupt dictators beholden to US interests. In contrast to such negative stereotypes, this account situates South Vietnamese front and center as agents of their own histories. Republican Vietnam is the first collection of scholarly essays on the Second Republic since the end of the Vietnam War. It is also among the first to use republicanism as a lens to re-examine twentieth-century Vietnamese history, the Vietnam War, and the diaspora. The twelve essays together show how war, in tandem with external intervention, shaped South Vietnam's economy, culture, and the life of every individual and family. By featuring works from Vietnamese and Vietnamese diasporic studies, this text takes the important step of bridging the two fields, laying the foundation for cross-disciplinary projects in the future"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Republican Vietnam, 1963-1975. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2023] 9780824896355
LCCN 2023019308
ISBN9780824895181
ISBN0824895185 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
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