Nu-Anh Tran
Biographic Data
| ID | 1267900 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nu-Anh Tran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nu-Anh |
| FAMILY NAME | Tran |
| SIGNATURE | TRAN N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
For Faith and Nation
This article advances the novel argument that the Buddhist movement of 1963 in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam) was an assertion of religious nationalism and reflected believers’ dissatisfaction with the process of decolonization in Vietnam. Activists claimed that they aimed only to secure religious equality and freedom under the government of Ngô Đinh Diệm. But a careful reading of Vietnamese sources reveals that their immediate o…
Oh Sài Gòn! Farewell [Sài Gòn ơi! Vĩnh biệt]
Rupture and Reunion
One Day I’ll Bid Farewell to Arms [Một mai giã từ vũ khí]
Some Scribbled Notes, Sài Gòn, Early May 1975 [Mấy nét ghi vội ở Sài Gòn đầu tháng năm 1975]
Will the Real Caravelle Manifesto Please Stand Up? A Critique and a New Translation
The Caravelle Manifesto of 1960 is arguably the most famous document ever produced by the political opposition in the Republic of Vietnam. Although domestically censored at the time, a published translation of the manifesto appeared abroad and became the standard version of the document in the English-speaking world. Yet this widely available translation is profoundly flawed. I have located what appears to be the original Vietnamese version, and …
Building a Republican Nation in Vietnam, 1920–1963
Western observers have long considered communism to be synonymous with Vietnam’s modern historical experience. Eager to make sense of the North Vietnamese victory in the Vietnam War, scholars and journalists have spilled much ink on the history of Vietnamese communists. But this preoccupation has obscured the diversity of ideas and experiences that defined Vietnam in the twentieth century, in which communism represented just one of many tendencie…
Denouncing the ‘Việt Cộng’
The Denounce the Communists Campaign (1955– c. 1960) was a key moment in the conflict between the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, South Vietnam) and the Vietnamese communist movement and would eventually escalate to become the Vietnam War. The RVN launched the campaign to turn public opinion against communism and destroy the underground communist network. Building on previous scholarship, this article examines the propaganda associated with the initiat…
Let History Render Judgment on My Life”
The famous writer and revolutionary Nhất Linh (Nguyễn Tường Tam) committed suicide on July 7, 1963, in protest against Ngô Đình Diệm, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam). Although largely ignored by Western scholars, the suicide was a major catalyst for the growing resistance to Ngô Đình Diệm and contributed to a deeper transformation of Vietnamese political culture. Even decades after the collapse of the RVN, t…
Add Vietnamese People and Stir
To a serious student of Vietnamese history, Ken Burns’s and Lynn Novick’s The Vietnam War is both refreshing and maddeningly unimaginative. Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the mini-series is the inclusion of politically diverse Vietnamese voices. The film boasts a rich tapestry of interviews with North and South Vietnamese veterans, communist guerilla fighters, and Vietnamese refugees. Their stories are interwoven with more familiar accou…
South Vietnamese Identity, American Intervention, and the Newspaper Chíính Luan [Political Discussion], 1965––1969
This paper explores representations of political and cultural identity within journalistic discourse about the American presence in the South Vietnamese newspaper Chíính Luun [Political Discussion] from 1965 to 1969. The encounter with Americans prompted Vietnamese writers to highlight the distinctive nature of their own culture, to define their national identity based on an imagined history and the image of proper Vietnamese womanhood, and to de…
South Vietnamese Identity, American Intervention, and the Newspaper Chíính Luan [Political Discussion], 1965––1969
This paper explores representations of political and cultural identity within journalistic discourse about the American presence in the South Vietnamese newspaper Chíính Luun [Political Discussion] from 1965 to 1969. The encounter with Americans prompted Vietnamese writers to highlight the distinctive nature of their own culture, to define their national identity based on an imagined history and the image of proper Vietnamese womanhood, and to de…
South Vietnamese Identity, American Intervention, and the Newspaper Chíính Luan [Political Discussion], 1965––1969
This paper explores representations of political and cultural identity within journalistic discourse about the American presence in the South Vietnamese newspaper Chíính Luun [Political Discussion] from 1965 to 1969. The encounter with Americans prompted Vietnamese writers to highlight the distinctive nature of their own culture, to define their national identity based on an imagined history and the image of proper Vietnamese womanhood, and to de…
Add Vietnamese People and Stir
To a serious student of Vietnamese history, Ken Burns’s and Lynn Novick’s The Vietnam War is both refreshing and maddeningly unimaginative. Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the mini-series is the inclusion of politically diverse Vietnamese voices. The film boasts a rich tapestry of interviews with North and South Vietnamese veterans, communist guerilla fighters, and Vietnamese refugees. Their stories are interwoven with more familiar accou…
Let History Render Judgment on My Life”
The famous writer and revolutionary Nhất Linh (Nguyễn Tường Tam) committed suicide on July 7, 1963, in protest against Ngô Đình Diệm, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam). Although largely ignored by Western scholars, the suicide was a major catalyst for the growing resistance to Ngô Đình Diệm and contributed to a deeper transformation of Vietnamese political culture. Even decades after the collapse of the RVN, t…
Building a Republican Nation in Vietnam, 1920–1963
Western observers have long considered communism to be synonymous with Vietnam’s modern historical experience. Eager to make sense of the North Vietnamese victory in the Vietnam War, scholars and journalists have spilled much ink on the history of Vietnamese communists. But this preoccupation has obscured the diversity of ideas and experiences that defined Vietnam in the twentieth century, in which communism represented just one of many tendencie…
Denouncing the ‘Việt Cộng’
The Denounce the Communists Campaign (1955– c. 1960) was a key moment in the conflict between the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, South Vietnam) and the Vietnamese communist movement and would eventually escalate to become the Vietnam War. The RVN launched the campaign to turn public opinion against communism and destroy the underground communist network. Building on previous scholarship, this article examines the propaganda associated with the initiat…
Will the Real Caravelle Manifesto Please Stand Up? A Critique and a New Translation
The Caravelle Manifesto of 1960 is arguably the most famous document ever produced by the political opposition in the Republic of Vietnam. Although domestically censored at the time, a published translation of the manifesto appeared abroad and became the standard version of the document in the English-speaking world. Yet this widely available translation is profoundly flawed. I have located what appears to be the original Vietnamese version, and …
For Faith and Nation
This article advances the novel argument that the Buddhist movement of 1963 in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam) was an assertion of religious nationalism and reflected believers’ dissatisfaction with the process of decolonization in Vietnam. Activists claimed that they aimed only to secure religious equality and freedom under the government of Ngô Đinh Diệm. But a careful reading of Vietnamese sources reveals that their immediate o…
Oh Sài Gòn! Farewell [Sài Gòn ơi! Vĩnh biệt]
Rupture and Reunion
One Day I’ll Bid Farewell to Arms [Một mai giã từ vũ khí]
Some Scribbled Notes, Sài Gòn, Early May 1975 [Mấy nét ghi vội ở Sài Gòn đầu tháng năm 1975]
Political science (9 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Vietnamese (5 works) · Art (4 works)