"Colonialism, communism, or Catholicism?" : Mr. Diem goes to Washington -- "Our system demands the supreme being" : America's third great awakening -- "These people aren't complicated" : America's "Asia" at midcentury -- "Christ crucified in Indo-China" : Tom Dooley and the North Vietnamese refugees -- "The sects and the gangs mean to get rid of the saint" : "Lightning Joe" Collins and the battle for Saigon -- "This god-fearing anti-communist" : the Vietnam lobby and the selling of Ngo Dinh Diem
Summary
Argues that American cultural conceptions of religion and race during the 1950s played a crucial role in framing an ideology through which U.S. policymakers understood their options in Vietnam
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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