Denouncing the ‘Việt Cộng’
Tales of revolution and betrayal in the Republic of Vietnam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9082569 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nu-Anh Tran (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 686-708 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4634 • E-ISSN: 1474-0680 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022463422000790 |
| OpenAlex | W4319975818 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
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 initiative. During the campaign, state propagandists and allied intellectuals developed a historical narrative about the Anti-French Resistance (1945–54) that vilified the communists. Although highly partisan, the narrative illuminates the longer history of violence between communists and anti-communists in Vietnam
Art · Betrayal · Communism · Economic history · Literature · Narrative · Narrative history · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology) · Scholarship · State (computer science) · Vietnam War · Vietnamese · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |