{"product_id":"vietnams-year-of-the-rat-ronald-bruce-frankum-9780786478156","title":"Vietnam's Year of the Rat: Elbridge Durbrow, Ngo \u0026#272;inh Di\u0026#7879;m and the Turn in U.S. Relations, 1959-1961","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eVietnam's Year of the Rat\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald Bruce Frankum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786478152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786478156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Ronald Bruce Frankum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46451030130943,"sku":"9780786478156","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f0ca150-8ee2-41b5-8364-72caee7bf381.jpg?v=1735876222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vietnams-year-of-the-rat-ronald-bruce-frankum-9780786478156","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}