The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam by Geoffrey Shaw

The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam

Geoffrey Shaw

314 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction historical history politics dark informative medium-paced
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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 th...

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