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Americas Mandarin
With a goal of stopping the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, America replaced France in South Vietnam - supporting autocratic President Ngo Dinh Diem until his own generals turned against him in a coup that brought political chaos to Saigon.
LBJ Goes to War
With Ho Chi Minh determined to reunite Vietnam, Lyndon Baines Johnson determined to prevent it, and South Vietnam on the verge of collapse, the stage was set for massive escalation of the undeclared Vietnam War. ... 5 million Americans to Vietnam to fight a war they found baffling, tedious, exciting, deadly and unforgettable.
Americas Enemy
The Vietnam War as seen from different perspectives by Vietcong guerrillas and sympathizers, by North Vietnamese leaders and rank and file, and by Americans held prisoner in Hanoi.
Tet, 1968
The massive enemy offensive at the lunar new year decimated the Vietcong and failed to topple the Saigon government but led to the beginning of Americas military withdrawal from Vietnam.
Vietnamizing the War
Richard Nixons program of troop pull-outs, stepped-up bombing and huge arms shipments to Saigon changed the war and left GIs wondering which of them would be the last to die in Vietnam. ...
Through troubled years of controversy and violence, US casualties mounted, victory remained elusive, and American opinion moved from general approval to general dissatisfaction with the Vietnam War. ...
Born Nguyen Sinh Cung, and known as "Uncle Ho," he led the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945-69. ... After adopting the name Ho Chi Minh, or "He Who Enlightens," he returned to Vietnam in 1941 and declared the nations independence from France. ... After the war, Tra published an account of the Communist offensive that offended officials in the newly unified Vietnam, and
led to his being purged from the party for which he had fought so diligently.
Vietnams last emperor ascended to the throne in 1932 and cooperated with the Japanese occupying Vietnam during World War II. ... He returned to Vietnam to rule under French control until he was ousted by Diem in a rigged election in 1954
Known popularly as "Big Minh," Duong led the South Vietnamese army under prime minister Ngo Din Diem. In 1963, he became leader of South Vietnam after a coup in which Diem was murdered. Duongs rule lasted only two months, but he briefly led South Vietnam again in 1975 before surrendering the nation to Communist forces.
Approximate Word count = 1965
Approximate Pages = 7.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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