The Other Warriors: American Social Science and Nation Building in Vietnam

Marquis attempts to capture some of the complexity of social science thinking on the subject of nation building and countersurgency in the context of South Vietnam. Although shifts of theoretical focus and influence occurred throughout the nearly twenty-year period under investigation, no one school...

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Published in:Diplomatic history 2000, Vol.24 (1), p.79-105
Main Author: MARQUIS, JEFFERSON P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communism
Communities
Counterinsurgency
Diplomatic history
Foreign policy
Government
Government bureaucracy
Liberalism
Nation building
National identity
Policy making
Politics
Progress
SCIENCE AND THE COLD WAR: A ROUNDTABLE
Social history
Social sciences
U.S.A
Vietnam
Vietnam War
Villages
War
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Summary:Marquis attempts to capture some of the complexity of social science thinking on the subject of nation building and countersurgency in the context of South Vietnam. Although shifts of theoretical focus and influence occurred throughout the nearly twenty-year period under investigation, no one school of nation building achieved permanent ascendancy during the Vietnam era.
ISSN:0145-2096
1467-7709
DOI:10.1111/0145-2096.00199