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This chapter examines how two contrasting dictatorships emerged in Vietnam following decolonization: a single-party communist regime in the North (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and a personalist dictatorship in the South (Republic of Vietnam). Drawing on Vietnam’s colonial legacy and competing strands of nationalism, the chapter highlights how the Communist Party, through flexible leadership and grassroots mobilization, seized power via the 1945 August RevolutionAugust Revolution (Vietnam) and consolidated its rule during the First Indochina WarFirst Indochina War (Anti-French War), with critical support from China and the Soviet Union. In the South, meanwhile, US-backed Ngo Dinh DiemNgo Dinh Diem transformed the fragile State of Vietnam—initially a French-supported anti-communist alternative—into a personal dictatorship by suppressing rivals and sidelining former emperor Bao DaiBao Dai. The chapter argues that both regimes emerged from weak colonial institutions and fragmented nationalist movements but diverged due to leadership strategies, external support, and wartime dynamics. While both were authoritarian, the North achieved greater regime stability than the South.

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Vietnam: Competing Strands of Nationalism and the Evolution of Two Vietnams

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    2025年

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  • Futaba Ishizuka

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This chapter examines how two contrasting dictatorships emerged in Vietnam following decolonization: a single-party communist regime in the North (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and a personalist dictatorship in the South (Republic of Vietnam). Drawing on Vietnam’s colonial legacy and competing strands of nationalism, the chapter highlights how the Communist Party, through flexible leadership and grassroots mobilization, seized power via the 1945 August RevolutionAugust Revolution (Vietnam) and consolidated its rule during the First Indochina WarFirst Indochina War (Anti-French War), with critical support from China and the Soviet Union. In the South, meanwhile, US-backed Ngo Dinh DiemNgo Dinh Diem transformed the fragile State of Vietnam—initially a French-supported anti-communist alternative—into a personal dictatorship by suppressing rivals and sidelining former emperor Bao DaiBao Dai. The chapter argues that both regimes emerged from weak colonial institutions and fragmented nationalist movements but diverged due to leadership strategies, external support, and wartime dynamics. While both were authoritarian, the North achieved greater regime stability than the South.