Research Catalog

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Description

1. xix, 247 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "Robert Hopkins Miller spent nearly one-third of his forty-year Foreign Service career on America's unsuccessful Vietnam venture - from 1962 to the end of the war. This memoir of his career emphasizes his Vietnam years but also covers his postings in Europe and assignments as ambassador to Malaysia, 1977-80, and to Cote d'Ivoire, 1983-86." "During the war Miller was a member of the mission to Saigon and to the Paris peace negotiations. As one involved in the events of those years, he provides us with fascinating and informative observations of such luminaries as Maxwell Taylor, Henry Cabot Lodge, Philip Habib, William Bundy, David Bruce, Robert Komer, and the South Vietnamese leadership and offers new insights into the conduct of diplomacy during the war. He describes the internal debates and frequent arguments, the tensions and the anguish that went on below the top policy levels in Washington." "Miller supplements personal recollections with documentation from published accounts and official files to give a full picture of life in the Foreign Service during peace and war. He reveals how one diplomat's thinking on Vietnam evolved as America's frustrations grew, and he conveys a sense of how we became entangled in a major conflict."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. Modern Southeast Asia series

Uniform title

1. Modern Southeast Asia series

Subject

1. Miller, Robert Hopkins
2. Miller, Robert Hopkins
3. 1945-1989
4. Geschichte 1962-1975
5. Diplomats > United States > Biography
6. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Diplomatic history
7. Cold War
8. 15.85 history of America
9. Diplomatic history
10. Diplomatic relations
11. Diplomats
12. Auslandsbeziehungen
13. Diplomaten
14. Vietnam-oorlog
15. Koude Oorlog
16. United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989
17. United States
18. USA
19. Vietnam

Genre/Form

1. Biography
2. Biographies.
3. Memoirs (form)

Contents

1. Introduction--The Setting -- Preparation and Apprenticeship -- Prelude to Service -- From NATO to the Congo -- Vietnam -- The Cold War Turned Hot -- The Home-Front War -- Peace Talks in Paris -- The Fighting Ends -- Beyond Vietnam -- Aftermath -- Last Assignments, Retirement, and a Return to Vietnam.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. "An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book."

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231) and index.