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In the jaws of history

by Diem Bui, David Chanoff

A former South Vietnamese official details a thirty-year effort to establish democracy in his country and analyses the complex diplomatic relationship between the United States and its smaller allies.

Accession 21567 ISBN 0395426375 Publisher Houghton Mifflin
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