{"product_id":"white-pebble-madame-nhus-memoirs","title":"White Pebble: Madame Nhu's Memoirs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo\u003cbr\u003eother Vietnamese family in modern time had such an intense involvement in high\u003cbr\u003epolitics and public affairs as the Ngô Đìnhs. Through the tenure of President\u003cbr\u003eNgô Đình Diệm of the Republic of Vietnam (1955-1963), this family helped shape\u003cbr\u003eVietnamese history in numerous ways. President Diệm's rule in South Vietnam was\u003cbr\u003eperceived by many to be authoritarian and nepotistic, but it is important for\u003cbr\u003ehistorians in general and for anyone interested in Vietnamese history in\u003cbr\u003eparticular to learn more about his family members who played such important\u003cbr\u003eroles in his government. How did they see themselves, their country, and their\u003cbr\u003ecompatriots? How did they view the family's role in history? Sixty\u003cbr\u003eyears after the death Ngô Đình Nhu, English-language readers can now learn\u003cbr\u003eabout Madame Ngô Đình Nhu's life from her own words and recollections.\u003cbr\u003eFurthermore, in an essay accompanying their mother's narrative in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eWhite Pebble\u003c\/i\u003e, the late Ngô Đình Lệ Quyên and Quỳnh (along with Jacqueline\u003cbr\u003eWillemetz) join their mother to defend the integrity of the Diệm government and\u003cbr\u003ethe Ngô Đình family against their critics. By telling the family's history\u003cbr\u003ealongside that of the Vietnamese nation, Ngô Đình Nhu's children wanted to\u003cbr\u003edemonstrate the sincerity and depth of patriotism in the family.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book not only\u003cbr\u003eprovides a unique account of Madame Nhu and the Ngô Đình family by its members\u003cbr\u003ebut also illuminates politics in Republican Vietnam and its troubled\u003cbr\u003erelationship with the United States.","brand":"Texas Tech University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42007273603147,"sku":"9781682832783","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_70a7d35e-9edc-4e32-b6a8-0220f8706ff5.jpg?v=1767394728","url":"https:\/\/xiabooks.org\/products\/white-pebble-madame-nhus-memoirs","provider":"XIA Books \u0026 Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}