Kennedy's coup : a White House plot, a Saigon murder, and America's descent into Vietnam / Jack Cheevers.
A gripping narrative account of the CIA-backed coup in South Vietnam that John F. Kennedy encouraged and which precipitated America's involvement in one of the most controversial and consequential wars in our history.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668082409
- ISBN: 1668082403
- Physical Description: x, 673 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2026.
- Copyright: ©2026
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Maps on endpapers.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- A massacre in Eden -- Stranger in a strange land -- 'A basket of crabs': Saigon 1954 -- 'Diemocracy' and its discontents -- A fierce tribe of truth seekers -- 'A miserable damn performance': The battle of Ap Bac -- Behold a burning monk -- Kennedy in the quagmire -- 'We're going to get our asses thrown out of Vietnam' -- A sharpening of knives -- City on the brink -- A wild alarm in the hot night -- 'We have to make this work' -- Visions, prophesies, and celestial portents -- 'You both went to the same country?' -- 'Arrogant upstarts' versus the 'specials' -- Kennedy's big squeeze -- 'We're working pretty much in the dark' -- Day of the dead -- The generals take over -- 'Let us continue' -- South Vietnam in free fall -- 'You have to go all out!' -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Ngô, Đình Diệm, 1901-1963 > Assassination.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
Vietnam (Republic) > History > Coup d'état, 1963.
Vietnam > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Available copies
- 16 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | 327.11 CHE (Text) | 30229101439502 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | 327.73 Che (Text) | 31010000920480 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | Che (Text) | STAN2001907 | Adult New Nonfiction | On order | - |
| Columbus Library | 327.7305 CHE (Text) | 31250200096500 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | 327.73 Cheevers (Text) | 33115007736378 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 327.73 C (Text) | 33258010553285 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | 327.7305 Cheevers (Text) | 30519010991993 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hope Mills Library | CMB1969218 (Text) | CMB1969218 | Technical Services | In process | - |
| Jackson County Public Library | 327.73 C (Text) | 39493109558298 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | 327.730597 C (Text) | 39149008573594 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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