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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... United States, became an influential adviser to his cousin, Nguyen Van Thieu. Ngo Dinh Diem (1901–1963) returned to Saigon from self-imposed exile in the United States to become prime minister of South Vietnam in 1954 after the Geneva ...
... United States, became an influential adviser to his cousin, Nguyen Van Thieu. Ngo Dinh Diem (1901–1963) returned to Saigon from self-imposed exile in the United States to become prime minister of South Vietnam in 1954 after the Geneva ...
Pàgina 14
... United States who fought for the French, served as president of South Vietnam from 1967 until the Communists took the country in 1975. Tran Kim Tuyen, a Catholic with medical and law degrees from French schools in Hanoi, went south in ...
... United States who fought for the French, served as president of South Vietnam from 1967 until the Communists took the country in 1975. Tran Kim Tuyen, a Catholic with medical and law degrees from French schools in Hanoi, went south in ...
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... United States and returned neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma to power. PhoumiNosavan (1920–1985) was a right-wing minister of defense supported in the late 1950s by the CIA. Souphanouvong (1909–1995), younger half-brother of Prince ...
... United States and returned neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma to power. PhoumiNosavan (1920–1985) was a right-wing minister of defense supported in the late 1950s by the CIA. Souphanouvong (1909–1995), younger half-brother of Prince ...
Pàgina 19
... United States should bomb the country “back to the Stone Age.” LeMay became George Wallace's vice presidential candidate in 1968. Lyman Lemnitzer (1899–1988), who predicted an invasion into the South by the North Vietnamese, was ...
... United States should bomb the country “back to the Stone Age.” LeMay became George Wallace's vice presidential candidate in 1968. Lyman Lemnitzer (1899–1988), who predicted an invasion into the South by the North Vietnamese, was ...
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... United States from 1962 to 1986, was a gobetween for Robert Kennedy and the Kremlin during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), secretary general of the Soviet Communist Party and premier of the USSR from ...
... United States from 1962 to 1986, was a gobetween for Robert Kennedy and the Kremlin during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), secretary general of the Soviet Communist Party and premier of the USSR from ...
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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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