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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... Communist Party in 1920, and formed the Indochinese Communist Party in the early 1930s and a nationalist alliance called the Vietminh in May 1941. The founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Ho was revered in the North for his ...
... Communist Party in 1920, and formed the Indochinese Communist Party in the early 1930s and a nationalist alliance called the Vietminh in May 1941. The founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Ho was revered in the North for his ...
Pàgina 15
... Communist soldiers entered Saigon in 1975, Huynh was an analyst in Hanoi with the Foreign Ministry. Nguyen Minh Vy, who joined with Ho in 1945, governed the Fifth Zone during the war with France, overseeing the four coastal provinces ...
... Communist soldiers entered Saigon in 1975, Huynh was an analyst in Hanoi with the Foreign Ministry. Nguyen Minh Vy, who joined with Ho in 1945, governed the Fifth Zone during the war with France, overseeing the four coastal provinces ...
Pàgina 16
... Communist rebels, and Lon Nol fled to Indonesia when the Communists took Cambodia on April 17, 1975. Pol Pot, head of the Communist Khmer Rouge, was born Saloth Sar to a family connected to Sihanouk's royal line. His forces defeated Lon ...
... Communist rebels, and Lon Nol fled to Indonesia when the Communists took Cambodia on April 17, 1975. Pol Pot, head of the Communist Khmer Rouge, was born Saloth Sar to a family connected to Sihanouk's royal line. His forces defeated Lon ...
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... Communist Party in 1964 and retained the position until his death. To offset China's military aid to North Vietnam, Brezhnev promoted an increase by the Soviet Union in such high-technology equipment as radar and surface-to-air missiles ...
... Communist Party in 1964 and retained the position until his death. To offset China's military aid to North Vietnam, Brezhnev promoted an increase by the Soviet Union in such high-technology equipment as radar and surface-to-air missiles ...
Pàgina 36
... Communists, the delegates agreed to become the Vietnamese Communist Party. Despite his precautions, the French authorities tracked Ho to Hong Kong and persuaded the British police to arrest him. Ho's revolutionary energy had left him ...
... Communists, the delegates agreed to become the Vietnamese Communist Party. Despite his precautions, the French authorities tracked Ho to Hong Kong and persuaded the British police to arrest him. Ho's revolutionary energy had left him ...
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advisers agreed ambassador American army ARVN asked attack Author’s interview Ball Bao Dai Beijing bombing Buddhists Bui Diem Bundy’s called Cambodia China Chinese Clifford commander Communist coup defense Democratic Diem’s Dinh Dong Duan Dung Eisenhower election Ellsberg embassy fighting forces French FRUS Giap Giap’s Haig Halberstam Haldeman Hanoi Harkins Harriman helicopter Hilsman Ho’s Ibid Johnson Joint Chiefs Kennedy’s Khanh Khrushchev killed Kissinger Kissinger’s knew Lansdale Laos Le Duan Le Duc Tho Lodge Lon Nol Mac Bundy Madame Nhu McNamara meeting military months namese National negotiations Nguyen Nhu’s Nixon Nolting North Vietnamese palace Paris Pentagon Pham Van Dong planes Politburo political president president’s Quang reporters Risner Robert Kennedy Rostow Rusk Rusk’s Saigon secretary Senate sent soldiers South Vietnam Soviet talks Taylor Thieu Thuan tion told Tuyen U.S. troops United Viet Vietcong Vietminh wanted Washington Westmoreland White House Xuan Zhou
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Pàgina 48 - In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
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