The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam
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Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam,
possessed the Confucian Mandate of Heaven, a moral and political
authority that was widely recognized by all Vietnamese. This devout
Roman Catholic leader never lost this mandate in the eyes of his
people; rather, he was taken down by a military coup sponsored by
the U.S. government, which resulted in his brutal murder. The
commonly held view runs contrary to the above assertion by military
historian Geoffrey Shaw. According to many American historians,
President Diem was a corrupt leader whose tyrannical actions lost
him the loyalty of his people and the possibility of a military
victory over the North Vietnamese. The Kennedy Administration, they
argue, had to withdraw its support of Diem. Based on his research
of original sources, including declassified documents of the U.S.
government, Shaw chronicles the Kennedy administration's betrayal
of this ally, which proved to be not only a moral failure but also
a political disaster that led America into a protracted and costly
war. Along the way, Shaw reveals a President Diem very different
from the despot portrayed by the press during its coverage of
Vietnam. From eyewitness accounts of military, intelligence, and
diplomatic sources, Shaw draws the portrait of a man with rare
integrity, a patriot who strove to free his country from Western
colonialism while protecting it from Communism. A candid account of
the killing of Ngo Dinh Diem, the reasons for it, who was
responsible, why it happened, and the disastrous results.
Particularly agonizing for Americans who read this clearly stated
and tightly argued book is the fact that the final Vietnam defeat
was not really on battle grounds, but on political and moral
grounds. The Vietnam War need not have been lost. Overwhelming
evidence supports it.-- From the Foreword by James V. Schall, S.J.,
Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Did I find a veritable
Conradian 'Heart of Darkness'? Yes, I did, but it was not in the
quarter to which all popular American sources were pointing their
accusatory fingers; in other words, not in Saigon but,
paradoxically, within the Department of State back in Washington,
D.C., and within President Kennedy's closest White House advisory
circle. The actions of these men led to Diem's murder. And with his
death, nine and a half years of careful work and partnership
between the United States and South Vietnam was undone. -- Geoffrey
Shaw, from the Preface
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