{"product_id":"voices-from-the-second-republic-of-south-vietnam-1967-1975-paperback","title":"Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967-1975) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eK. W. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Republic of (South) Vietnam is commonly viewed as a unified entity throughout the two decades (1955-75) during which the United States was its main ally. However, domestic politics during that time followed a dynamic trajectory from authoritarianism to chaos to a relatively stable experiment in parliamentary democracy. The stereotype of South Vietnam that appears in most writings, both academic and popular, focuses on the first two periods to portray a caricature of a corrupt, unstable dictatorship and ignores what was achieved during the last eight years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eVoices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967-1975)\u003c\/i\u003e come from those who strove to build a constitutional structure of representative government during a war for survival with a totalitarian state. Those committed to realizing a noncommunist Vietnamese future placed their hopes in the Second Republic, fought for it, and worked for its success. This book is a step in making their stories known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith W. Taylor is Professor of Vietnamese Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA History of the Vietnamese\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.8 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129896800391,"sku":"9780877277651","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/571bccaed01351ed55e0dbd516cb6fe4.webp?v=1732606795","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/voices-from-the-second-republic-of-south-vietnam-1967-1975-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}