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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Pàgina 14
... Hanoi, went south in 1954 and ran Nhu's secret police. Exiled and then jailed for plotting against Diem, he lived until 1975 under house arrest in Saigon before escaping to England. Tri Quang, a Buddhist dissident in South Vietnam ...
... Hanoi, went south in 1954 and ran Nhu's secret police. Exiled and then jailed for plotting against Diem, he lived until 1975 under house arrest in Saigon before escaping to England. Tri Quang, a Buddhist dissident in South Vietnam ...
Pàgina 15
... Hanoi in 1945. He carried the news of the French defeat to fellow troops in 1954 and took part in the Paris peace talks. When Communist soldiers entered Saigon in 1975, Huynh was an analyst in Hanoi with the Foreign Ministry. Nguyen ...
... Hanoi in 1945. He carried the news of the French defeat to fellow troops in 1954 and took part in the Paris peace talks. When Communist soldiers entered Saigon in 1975, Huynh was an analyst in Hanoi with the Foreign Ministry. Nguyen ...
Pàgina 59
... Hanoi, they were calling themselves “the Viet-American Army.” Along the Red River, Japanese sentinels did not fire on them as they swarmed over the largest bridge and prepared to take the city. But inside Hanoi, young Vietminh were not ...
... Hanoi, they were calling themselves “the Viet-American Army.” Along the Red River, Japanese sentinels did not fire on them as they swarmed over the largest bridge and prepared to take the city. But inside Hanoi, young Vietminh were not ...
Pàgina 61
... Hanoi, Ho received him with an elaborate show of respect. But the emperor's very presence guaranteed tension from his supporters. After street demonstrators demanded Bao Dai's return to power, Ho looked for a way to get rid of him. He ...
... Hanoi, Ho received him with an elaborate show of respect. But the emperor's very presence guaranteed tension from his supporters. After street demonstrators demanded Bao Dai's return to power, Ho looked for a way to get rid of him. He ...
Pàgina 62
... Hanoi. To his associates, Ho drew on his barnyard upbringing to explain his willingness to compromise: “It is better to sniff French shit”—he used the Vietnamese word cut—“for a while than to eat Chinese shit all our lives.” As Ho was ...
... Hanoi. To his associates, Ho drew on his barnyard upbringing to explain his willingness to compromise: “It is better to sniff French shit”—he used the Vietnamese word cut—“for a while than to eat Chinese shit all our lives.” As Ho was ...
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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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