A Displaced Nation
The 1954 Evacuation and Its Political Impact on the Vietnam Wars
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- Paperback
306 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2024
Summary
In A Displaced Nation, Phi-Van Nguyen argues that the displacement of eight hundred thousand mostly Roman Catholic evacuees from North Vietnam in 1954 had a profound impact on the war opposing Saigon on both Hanoi and on the evacuees themselves. Assisting with the transportation, emergency relief, and resettlement of the evacuees allowed diverse organizations and the United States to support Saigon. This transnational mobilization also convinced the evacuees the “fre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501778612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1501778617 |
| Author: | Phi-Van Nguyen |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Imprint: | Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 306 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University |
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With the publication of A Displaced Nation, Nguyen seeks to redress earlier works in Vietnam War historiography that grouped all the evacuees together as Catholics and anti-Communist. * H-Net *
About The Author
Phi-Van Nguyen
Phi-Van Nguyen is Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Saint-Boniface.
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