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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
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0813172489
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0813122600
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9780813172484
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9780813122601
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During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrifices-including self-immolation-to try to end the fighting. They hoped to establish a neutralist government that would broker peace with the Communists and expel the Americans. Robert J. Topmiller explores South Vietnamese attitudes toward the war, the insurgency, and U.S. intervention, and lays bare the dissension within the U.S. military. The Lotus Unleashed is one of the few studies to illuminate the impact of internal Vietnamese politics on U.S. decision-making and to examine the power of a nonviolent movem
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Cover; THE LOTUS UNLEASHED; Title; Copyright; Contents; For the South Vietnamese Buddhists who sacrificed everything to bring peace to their country; Preface; Introduction:; Vietnamese Buddhism as a Political Force,1963-1965; Origins of the Buddhist Crisis of 1966; Conservative Backlash; Confrontation in Danang: U.S. Marines and the Buddhist Struggle Movement; American Reassessment of Its Role in South Vietnam; Resolution; Conclusion:The Movement Defeated?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-201) and index
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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English
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ISBN 0813122600
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ISBN 9780813122601
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Topmiller, Robert J., 1948- Lotus unleashed Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, ©2002
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