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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... coup of Nguyen Khanh. Hoang Duc Nha, educated in the 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 ...
... coup of Nguyen Khanh. Hoang Duc Nha, educated in the 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 ...
Pàgina 14
The War 1954–1975 A. J. Langguth. Nguyen Khanh overthrew the leaders of the coup against Diem three months later in January 1964. He proved to be an inept leader and was sent into exile early in 1965. Nguyen Van Thieu, a general trained ...
The War 1954–1975 A. J. Langguth. Nguyen Khanh overthrew the leaders of the coup against Diem three months later in January 1964. He proved to be an inept leader and was sent into exile early in 1965. Nguyen Van Thieu, a general trained ...
Pàgina 16
... coup against Norodom Sihanouk in March 1970. His troops were defeated by the Khmer Rouge 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 ...
... coup against Norodom Sihanouk in March 1970. His troops were defeated by the Khmer Rouge 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 ...
Pàgina 18
... coup. Harold K. Johnson (1912–1983) was jumped past forty-three senior generals by Lyndon Johnson to replace General Earle Wheeler in July 1964 as Army chief of staff. The following year, General Johnson was among those who recommended ...
... coup. Harold K. Johnson (1912–1983) was jumped past forty-three senior generals by Lyndon Johnson to replace General Earle Wheeler in July 1964 as Army chief of staff. The following year, General Johnson was among those who recommended ...
Pàgina 19
... coup that led to Diem's murder, Lodge returned to the United States in 1964 to work against the Republican nomination of Barry Goldwater. He came back for a second stint as ambassador in 1965–1966. Nixon sent him in 1969 to replace ...
... coup that led to Diem's murder, Lodge returned to the United States in 1964 to work against the Republican nomination of Barry Goldwater. He came back for a second stint as ambassador in 1965–1966. Nixon sent him in 1969 to replace ...
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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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