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I don't know much about that book or Jesuits. I might ask my teacher who was educated in a Jesuit high school. I do know that much of what is said in that book about Diem and the oppression of Buddhists is true. It can be easily corroborated by other sources.

I was amazed by the ignorance of Buddhism displayed on this thread. Not to mention the ignorance about Bhutan which could be so easily dispelled with a Google search. The government in Bhutan is a military junta which has brutalized its entire population, which is mostly Buddhist, for quite some time. It wasn't you who said it so I don't expect you to answer; what Buddhist principles does the Bhutanese government embody?

I guess I'll just drop it.

Not to mention the ignorance about Bhutan which could be so easily dispelled with a Google search. The government in Bhutan is a military junta which has brutalized its entire population, which is mostly Buddhist, for quite some time.

You post does very little to prove your point.

This is the kind of information I was recalling. Below is an article linked on FR today from the Monitor on the lies and distortions minted by journalists like David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan. Below, "they" refers to these Pulitzer-winning journalists:

Diem mishandled the Buddhist protests of mid-1963, they contended, by using a heavy hand instead of offering concessions. In truth, Diem did make concessions initially, but the Buddhists responded by accelerating their protests, enumerating more fictitious grievances, and demanding Diem's removal. Halberstam, Sheehan, and Karnow largely dismissed Diem's contention that the Buddhists were infiltrated with Communist agents, yet newly available Communist sources reveal that Diem was correct.

I seem to have forgotten how to create a link, but the url is: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0122/p09s01-coop.html

Best, SS