Elbridge Durbrow's War in Vietnam

Elbridge Durbrow's War in Vietnam
Author: Ronald Bruce Frankum, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2019-08-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476677751
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Elbridge Durbrow served as the third United States ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam from 1957 to 1961. His relationships with Vietnamese president Ngo Đinh 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 Ngo Đinh Diệm's trust. This triangular relationship 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.

Vietnam's Year of the Rat

Vietnam's Year of the Rat
Author: Ronald Bruce Frankum, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2014-04-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476614725
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Vietnam's Year of the Rat explores the lunar New Year 1960 and the dynamic relationship between two competing groups vying for control in the Republic of Vietnam. One group, led by United States Ambassador Elbridge Durbrow, worked toward directing Vietnam towards an American-style democracy that focused on forcing reforms within the Saigon government. The other group, headed by Republic of Vietnam President Ngo Đinh Diệm, attempted to navigate the demands of Durbrow and the State Department and to confront internal opposition and an emerging external threat while trying to further the goals of the Republic. The result was a series of failed opportunities by both sides to resolve the differences of the two complementary, if conflicting, strategies. Vietnam's Year of the Rat offers an alternative to the now standard historiography for this period of the study in the Vietnam War by providing a Vietnamese viewpoint into the story of that long and tragic war.

Reminiscences of Elbridge Durbrow

Reminiscences of Elbridge Durbrow
Author: Elbridge Durbrow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 782
Release: 1981
Genre: Diplomats
ISBN:
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Born September 21, 1903, San Francisco; education: Yale University, B.A. Philosophy 1926; Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Diploma in Sciences Politiques, 1929; University of Chicago, postgraduate work, 1939-1940; graduate studies at Stanford University and L'Academie de Droit International de la Haye; career: United States Department of State, 1930; vice-consul, Warsaw, Poland, Bucharest, Romania and Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1930-1937; U.S. Consul, Naples, Italy, 1937-1939; U.S. Consul, Rome, Italy, and Lisbon, Portugal, 1940-1944; liaison secretary at the U.N. Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, N.H., 1944; chief, Eastern European Division, State Department, 1944-46; counselor of embassy, Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1946-48; deputy for Foreign Affairs and instructor, National War College, 1948-50; chief, Division of Foreign Service Personnel, State Department, 1950; minister counselor, Rome, Italy, 1952-54; minister consul general, Singapore, 1954-7; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saigon, South Vietnam, 1957-1961; alternate permanent representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council, Paris, France, 1961-1965; advisor to the commander of Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, 1965-68; retirement, 1968; post-retirement: chairman, American Foreign Policy Institute; director, Freedom Studies Center at the Institute for American Strategy; founder, American Security Council Foundation, 1977; reminiscences: World War II, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War; World War II, Cold-War and Vietnam-era political and military figures; life in Europe, the Soviet Union and Southeast Asia; professional and personal anecdotes; family life.

Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War

Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War
Author: Robert J. McMahon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN: 9780669352528
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Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War incorporates new research expands its coverage of the experiences of average soldiers.

Vietnam's Year of the Rat

Vietnam's Year of the Rat
Author: Ronald Bruce Frankum, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786478152
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Vietnam's Year of the Rat explores the lunar New Year 1960 and the dynamic relationship between two competing groups vying for control in the Republic of Vietnam. One group, led by United States Ambassador Elbridge Durbrow, worked toward directing Vietnam towards an American-style democracy that focused on forcing reforms within the Saigon government. The other group, headed by Republic of Vietnam President Ngo Đinh Diệm, attempted to navigate the demands of Durbrow and the State Department and to confront internal opposition and an emerging external threat while trying to further the goals of the Republic. The result was a series of failed opportunities by both sides to resolve the differences of the two complementary, if conflicting, strategies. Vietnam's Year of the Rat offers an alternative to the now standard historiography for this period of the study in the Vietnam War by providing a Vietnamese viewpoint into the story of that long and tragic war.

Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City

Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City
Author: Justin Corfield
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2014-11-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1783083336
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Offering a concise overview of Ho Chi Minh City’s history and development, the ‘Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City’ presents a comprehensive historical survey of the city in the form of an alphabetical list of keywords and names, with accompanying definitions. Both well-researched and authoritative, the volume draws upon a wide range of modern sources, and contains an introductory essay about the city, a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, photographs and appendixes of supplemental information.

Diem's Final Failure

Diem's Final Failure
Author: Philip E. Catton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:
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"Catton treats the Diem government on its own terms rather than as an appendage of American policy. Focusing on the decade from Dien Bien Phu to Diem's assassination in 1963, he examines the Vietnamese leader's nation-building and reform efforts - particularly his Strategic Hamlet Program, which sought to separate guerrilla insurgents from the peasantry and build grassroots support for his regime. Catton's evaluation of the collapse of that program offers fresh insights into both Diem's limitations as a leader and the ideological and organizational weaknesses of his government, while his assessment of the evolution of Washington's relations with Saigon provides new insight into America's growing involvement in the Vietnamese civil war.".