dc.contributor.advisor | Wilson, Theodore A. | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Jahanbani, Sheyda | |
dc.contributor.author | Le-Tormala, Hang Thi Thu | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-28T22:22:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-28T22:22:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-05-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14674 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/25746 | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation explores U.S.-Vietnam postwar relations through the transnational peace endeavors of American and Vietnamese ordinary citizens. The subjects of the study included Vietnamese refugees, children of American personnel and Vietnamese women, American and Vietnamese veterans and their families, relatives of fallen soldiers on both sides, and other civilians who experienced the impacts of war one way or another. The dissertation also highlights the roles of nongovernmental organizations and individuals who strove for peace and mutual understanding through transnational humanitarian and cultural activities. The study’s major argument is three-fold. First, American and Vietnamese ordinary citizens were active historical actors in their changing environments. Second, it was ordinary citizens of both countries who laid the groundwork for U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic normalization. Third, the “universal human aspirations and emotions” (to borrow historian Akira Iriye’s words) played a significant role in U.S.-Vietnam postwar relations. This research reveals a plethora of boundary-crossing interactions between American and Vietnamese citizens, even during the times of extremely restricted diplomatic relations between the two nation-states. Bringing to center stage American and Vietnamese citizens’ efforts to solve postwar individual and social problems, this dissertation aims to bridge a gap in the scholarship on the U.S.-Vietnam relations. | |
dc.format.extent | 227 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright held by the author. | |
dc.subject | History | |
dc.subject | International relations | |
dc.subject | American studies | |
dc.subject | Amerasians and Vietnam Veterans | |
dc.subject | Peace Efforts by Ordinary Citizens | |
dc.subject | Postwar Vietnam | |
dc.subject | Transnational Culturalism | |
dc.subject | Transnational History | |
dc.subject | U.S.-Vietnam Relations | |
dc.title | Postwar Journeys: American and Vietnamese Transnational Peace Efforts since 1975 | |
dc.type | Dissertation | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Wilson, Theodore A. | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Jahanbani, Sheyda | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Moran, Jeffrey | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Tucker, Sherrie | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Tuttle, William | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Willbanks, James | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | History | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | Ph.D. | |
dc.identifier.orcid | | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |