George McT. Kahin collection on the origins of the Vietnam war, [ca. 1954-1970], 1961-1970 (bulk)

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George McT. Kahin collection on the origins of the Vietnam war, [ca. 1954-1970], 1961-1970 (bulk)

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Copies of United States government documents pertaining to the war in Vietnam, collected by Professor Kahin through the Freedom of Information Act for use in his 1986 book . For the pre-1961 period, the largest single group of documents relates to the Geneva Conference in 1954. Although the majority of documents relate to Vietnam, there is also coverage of Cambodia and Laos, particularly during the period from 1961 to 1963. Intervention: How America Became Involved in Vietnam

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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Kahin, George Mcturnan

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Professor of International Studies. George McTurnan Kahin graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and completed graduate work at Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University. He served in the Army during World War II, and lived in Indonesia from 1948-1949, during the peak of Indonesia's war for independence. He came to Cornell in 1951 as an assistant professor of government and executive director of the newly formed Southeast Asia Program. He served as director of the program until 1970, a...

Kahin, George M.

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