Our Vietnam: The War 1954–1975Simon and Schuster, 15 de nov. 2000 - 768 pàgines Winner of the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius J. Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book, the Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal for Nonfiction, and the PEN Center West Award for Best Research Nonfiction Twenty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, historian and journalist A. J. Langguth delivers an authoritative account of the war based on official documents not available earlier and on new reporting from both the American and Vietnamese perspectives. In Our Vietnam, Langguth takes us inside the waffling and deceitful White Houses of Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon; documents the ineptness and corruption of our South Vietnamese allies; and recounts the bravery of soldiers on both sides of the war. With its broad sweep and keen insights, Our Vietnam brings together the kaleidoscopic events and personalities of the war into one engrossing and unforgettable narrative. |
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... A. J. Langguth. part four: Le Duan and Gerald R. Ford seventeen Le Duan, 1975 Chronology Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index 643 669 677 726 735 738 CAST OF CHARACTERS SOUTH VIETNAM Bao Dai was crowned emperor 12 CONTENTS.
... A. J. Langguth. part four: Le Duan and Gerald R. Ford seventeen Le Duan, 1975 Chronology Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index 643 669 677 726 735 738 CAST OF CHARACTERS SOUTH VIETNAM Bao Dai was crowned emperor 12 CONTENTS.
Pàgina 13
... Bao Dai as head of government in 1955 and thwarted the planned unification elections of 1956. After U.S. complaints about his autocratic rule, he was deposed by a junta of his generals and murdered on November 2, 1963, along with Ngo ...
... Bao Dai as head of government in 1955 and thwarted the planned unification elections of 1956. After U.S. complaints about his autocratic rule, he was deposed by a junta of his generals and murdered on November 2, 1963, along with Ngo ...
Pàgina 57
... Bao Dai, Protector of Grandeur. When Bui got to Hue, he sized up the emperor as a typical tay con, the dismissive Vietnamese phrase for a Frenchified countryman—literally, “a little European guy.” Bui wondered whether Bao Dai even spoke ...
... Bao Dai, Protector of Grandeur. When Bui got to Hue, he sized up the emperor as a typical tay con, the dismissive Vietnamese phrase for a Frenchified countryman—literally, “a little European guy.” Bui wondered whether Bao Dai even spoke ...
Pàgina 59
... Bao Dai accepted an unlikely offer. Through an emissary, Ho sent a message to the emperor: come to Hanoi and be the supreme adviser to my government. To the shock of his friends, Bao Dai accepted. He had no choice, he explained. He had ...
... Bao Dai accepted an unlikely offer. Through an emissary, Ho sent a message to the emperor: come to Hanoi and be the supreme adviser to my government. To the shock of his friends, Bao Dai accepted. He had no choice, he explained. He had ...
Pàgina 61
... Bao Dai was also looking for a way to resolve his status and invited young Bui Tuong Minh and Bui's father to accompany him to China. Bao Dai's wife, the Catholic daughter of wealthy landowners, preferred to remain in Hue. On the trip ...
... Bao Dai was also looking for a way to resolve his status and invited young Bui Tuong Minh and Bui's father to accompany him to China. Bao Dai's wife, the Catholic daughter of wealthy landowners, preferred to remain in Hue. On the trip ...
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