The lotus unleashed : the Buddhist peace movement in South Vietnam, 1964-1966 /
During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrifices-including self-immolation-to try to end the fighting. They hoped to establish a neutralist government that would broker peace with the Communists and expel the Americans. Robert J. Topmiller explores South Viet...
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| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Lexington, KY :
University Press of Kentucky
©2002.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt2jcpd0 |
Mục lục:
- Cover; THE LOTUS UNLEASHED; Title; Copyright; Contents; For the South Vietnamese Buddhists who sacrificed everything to bring peace to their country; Preface; Introduction:; Vietnamese Buddhism as a Political Force,1963-1965; Origins of the Buddhist Crisis of 1966; Conservative Backlash; Confrontation in Danang: U.S. Marines and the Buddhist Struggle Movement; American Reassessment of Its Role in South Vietnam; Resolution; Conclusion:The Movement Defeated?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.