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IV. A. 5.
Tab 2.
REBELLION AGAINST MY-DIEM
TABLE OF CONTENTS and OUTLINE
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| A. | Diem's Political Legacy: Violence and Anti-Colonialism | 1 | ||
| 1. | The Binh Xuyen | 5 | ||
| 2. | The Cao Dai | 6 | ||
| 3. | The Hoa Hoa | 8 | ||
| 4. | The Viet Minh | 9 | ||
| 5. | Anti-colonialism | 9 | ||
| B. | Ngo Dinh Diem: Basis of Power | 10 | ||
| 1. | Political Origins | 10 | ||
| 2. | Early U.S.–Diem Relations | 11 | ||
| 3. | Political Concepts: Family Centralism and Personalism | 13 | ||
| 4. | Political Parties | 17 | ||
| C. | Conflict with the Armed Sects | 18 | ||
| 1. | Defeats of the Binh Xuyen | 18 | ||
| 2. | Victory over the Sects | 19 | ||
| 3. | The Triumph Reappraised | 20 | ||
| D. | Rural Pacification | 21 | ||
| 1. | Strategy | 21 | ||
| 2. | Reoccupying Viet Minh Territory | 22 | ||
| 3. | Civic Action | 22 | ||
| 4. | Land Reform | 24 | ||
| 5. | Village Government | 27 | ||
| 6. | The Anti-Communist Campaign | 27 | ||
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