U/Mass-Boston-Nov 8-Diplomacy, Domestic Politics & the Fate of South Vietnam

Diplomacy, Domestic Politics & the Fate of South Vietnam The Joiner Speaker Series & UMB History Department  invite you to a lecture by SEAN FEAR Wednesday, Nov. 8th 2:00-4:00 Campus Center  Room 2540 (2nd Floor) Sean Fear's talk will explore the unheralded showdown between Saigon's military junta, and civil society groups including journalists, students and religious and ethnic minority groups during the Vietnam War.  Join us as Sean Fear challenges conventional views of the Cold War as a bipolar clash between great powers and their proxies. Read two NYTimes articles by Sean Fear: The Feud that Sank Saigon and A Turning Point for South Vietnam?  Co-sponsored by the UMass Boston History Department Sean Fear is a lecturer in Modern International History at the University of Leeds. He holds a Ph.D in History from Cornell University. His research focuses on U.S. - South Vietnamese relations, and the impact of domestic politics and transnational relations on diplomacy. He has conducted research at several archives in the United States and Vietnam, drawing heavily on Vietnamese-language official records and print media.

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