| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01442cam a2200133 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781476677750 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
327 INT 2003 C156 Or. |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Frankum, Ronald Bruce, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Elbridge Durbrow's War in Vietnam : |
| Remainder of title |
The Ambassador's Influence on American Involvement, 1957-1961 / |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
viii, 263 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Elbridge Durbrow served as the third United States ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam from 1957 to 1961. His relationships with Vietnamese president Ngô Đình 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 Ngô Đình Diệm's trust. This triangular relationship between three competing entities 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"-- |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
ADB |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) |
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| Withdrawn status [LOCAL, KOHA] |
0 |
