Why South Vietnam fell
This book examines the administration of President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam and the U.S. involvement in his assassination. Joes analyzes why and how South Vietnam survived all Communist attempts to overthrow it until the U.S. Congress allowed the predominantly anti-Communist population to be conquered by the North.
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- Full title :Why South Vietnam fell / Anthony James Joes.
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This book examines the administration of President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam and the U.S. involvement in his assassination. Joes analyzes why and how South Vietnam survived all Communist attempts to overthrow it until the U.S. Congress allowed the predominantly anti-Communist population to be conquered by the North.
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- Publication Date:©2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Lexington Books
- Place of Publication:Lanham, Maryland
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (219 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781498503891, 1498503896, 9781498503907, 149850390X
- oclc:on1014050636
- LC Classification:DS556.9
- Dewey Decimal:959.704/3
Table of Contents
Title Page -- Maps -- Introduction -- The Viet Minh War -- The Coming of Ngo Dinh Diem -- The Murder of President Diem -- The South Vietnamese Army -- The Tet Offensive and the Ho Chi Minh Trail -- The 1972 Easter Offensive -- The Americans Abandon the South Vietnamese -- Retrenchment and Collapse -- Reflections on the Fall of South Vietnam -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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