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020 _a0801433177 (hbk.):
_c33.50 US
100 1 _aBRIGHAM Robert K
245 0 _aGuerrilla diplomacy:
_bthe NLF's foreign relations and the Viet Nam War
260 _aIthaca, US:
_bCornell University Press,
_c1999
300 _a215p.
520 3 _aAssesses the impact of the NLF's diplomatic strategy on the conduct and outcome of hostilities during the Vietnam War. Contends that the NLF's success in convincing the world that it was independent of Hanoi was critical in upsetting the political and military balance in South Vietnam and frustrating the US war effort. Also argues that differences in goals among Nothern and Southern communists resulted in disagreements over responses to American intervention and seriously undermined revolutionary efforts.
650 _aDIPLOMATIC HISTORY
650 _aVIETNAM WAR
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