This series contains drafts and copies of publications and papers written by Duncanson and others, including drafts of 'Government and Revolution in Vietnam' and 'The rise of the Indochina Communist Party'.
Duncanson Dennis J. 1917-1998Vietnam--Politics and government
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Letter from Richard A. May to George V. Allen (Director of Foreign Service Institute). May writes to inform Allen that due to academic commitments, Duncanson will not be able to travel to Washington to meet with Allen. However, May has arranged for a copy of Duncanson's book to be delivered to Allen for review.
May Richard, A.Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson with an accompanying page from Newsweek of 01 January 1968. May writes of Sir Robert Thompon's summation in the newspaper clipping, which concerns several analysis of the current state of the Vietnam war.
May Richard, A.Handwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May is on his way to Richmond where he will meet with Walter Robertson, Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs who will request to read Duncanson's page proofs and opinion.
May RichardHandwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. This includes an update from Donald Heath who believes that Duncanson's book is a masterpiece but reader interest in the U.S.A. will be confined mostly to academic circles. Nevertheless, Heath promises his endorsement of the book, though in a class composed of three other works – The Two Vietnams by Bermond B. Fall; To Move A Nation by Roger Hilseman; and Viet Cong by Douglas Pike - which May believes are all incomparable to Duncanson's book.
May fears that limited sales to primarily academic circles would place Duncanson completely at the mercy of Professors who could use his work as they choose and Duncanson would have little means of checking whether he has received any credit at all. Therefore, May enquires about Duncanson's contract with Oxford University Press London in order to determine whether it is possible for May to provide page proofs of Duncanson's book to Reader's Digest or Time-Life in America.
May RichardHandwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson informing him of an appointment with Ambassador Donald Heath tomorrow, during which he would show Ambassador Heath Duncanson's page proofs. The following week, May shall be on his way to Journey's End – Richmond. May's post-script explains how he will try to make sure that Duncanson's book will have a prominent review in the New York Times Book Review.
May RichardHandwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson in which May requests one more complete set of Duncanson's manuscript, while he plans to leave the current set in his possession with Ambassador Donald Heath in New York. May writes that he has talked with Time-Life, Reader's Digest and the New York Times, so he leaves it to Duncanson whether to send him the additional set.
May RichardHandwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson in response to the latter's air letter of 31 March 1968. May writes to follow up on a prior correspondence he had sent to Duncanson with which he had enclosed a list of the present members of the Harvard Overseas' Visiting Committee on East Asian Civilizations.
May Richard, A.Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May apologies for not being able to meet with Duncanson until after the latter's academic visit in America. May writes to enclose and return Duncanson's artile "Unrecognised Frontier", which he advises Duncanson to use in his academic endeavours, more precisely to use it with an American audience. May ends his letter with a written post-script to request copies of the latest blurb on Duncanson's book, Government and Revolution in Vietnam.
May Richard, A.Letter from Kenneth Younger to Dennis J. Duncanson in reply to Duncanson's letter on 09 December 1967. Younger agrees with Duncanson that OUP New York have made a poor judgement of only ordering 500 copies. Younger also updates Duncanson that OUP New York will publish his book as a major trade book for the spring of 1968 after having second thoughts about the book. Younger reassures Duncanson of the potential success/sales of his book in America.
Younger Kenneth Gilmour d 1976