E55 - South Vietnam, Ep. 1 w/ Nu-Anh Tran

Danny and Derek welcome Nu-Anh Tran, assistant professor at the University of Connecticut, for a discussion on her book <em>Disunion: Anticommunist Nationalism and the Making of the Republic of Vietnam</em>. In this first episode, they discuss the ideologies of independence movements dating back to the 1920s, the Japanese occupation of World War II, the Vi&#7879;t Minh, the roles of the Cao &#272;&#224;i and H&#242;a H&#7843;o religious movements in anticolonial resistance, the outbreak of the Anti-French Resistance (First Indochina) War, and more until the Geneva negotiations of 1954. <br/><br/>Grab a copy of Dr. Tran&#8217;s book <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/books/disunion-anticommunist-nationalism-and-the-making-of-the-republic-of-vietnam/9780824887865">here</a>: https://bit.ly/3cKggnG <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you&#8217;d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe</a>