Jessica M. Chapman

Cauldron Of Resistance offers a thorough examination of the main domestic Vietnamese forces at play in the relations between the United States under President Eisenhower and the 1st Republic of Vietnam. The Bình Xuyên syndicate and the Caodaist and Hoahaoist religious sects, familiar names to the student of Cold War era Vietnam, are subjected to reevaluation, offering fresh insight into the how-and-why behind the rise of Ngô Đình Diệm and foreshadowing the social and religious crises that would follow him throughout his tenure as absolute ruler.… (meer)