Cauldron of Resistance - Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s Southern Vietnam - Jessica M. Chapman - Paperback Bog - Cornell University Press

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In 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem organized an election to depose chief-of-state Bao Dai, after which he proclaimed himself the first president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. The United States sanctioned the results of this election, which was widely condemned as fraudulent, and provided substantial economic aid and advice to the RVN. Because...