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<p><P>... the ultimate insider's account of the war from the South Vietnamese side, including the appalling story of how the American intervention actually happened. — Washington Post<P>This book gives Americans a rare opportunity — the chance to see the Vietnam experience through Vietnamese eyes. Few Vietnamese know their recent history as well as Bui Diem does. And none has told it better. — Ambassador William Jorden<P>... well-written and at times illuminating... — Library Journal<P>In the Jaws of History is the most important book written on the Vietnam War from the viewpoint of the South, from an author who was a senior official of the South Vietnamese government and later ambassador to the U.S.</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>Active in the Vietnamese nationalist movement, the nephew of Emperor Bao Dai's short-termed prime minister Tran Trong Kim, founder of the Saigon Post , and ultimately South Vietnam's ambassador to the United States, Bui Diem was both a participant in and observer of the post-World War II struggles of Vietnam. Though well written and at times illuminating, his perspective is seldom self-critical and often reveals how detached he was f
- Author
- Bui Diem with David Chanoff
- Publisher
- Bloomington: Indiana University Press
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780253335395
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
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