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Why South Vietnam Fell

  • ISBN-13: 9781498503914
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
  • By Anthony James Joes
  • Price: AUD $113.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/07/2016
  • Format: Paperback 218 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: General studies [GTG]
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Between 1954 and 1963, President Ngo Dinh Diem, against great odds but with U.S. assistance, built a functioning South Vietnamese state. But gravely misled by American journalists in Saigon, the U.S. embassy, in league with second-tier members of the State Department, urged certain South Vietnamese generals to stage a coup against Diem, resulting in his brutal murder. Despite the instability after Diem's murder, the South Vietnamese Army performed well during the 1968 Tet Offensive and the 1972 Easter Offensive. In proportion to population, South Vietnamese Army losses were much greater than American losses. Nevertheless, the American media ignored South Vietnamese sacrifices, and completely misrepresented the consequences of the Tet Offensive. The disastrous "peace agreement" the U.S. forced on the South Vietnamese in 1973 made continuing American support vital. But Congress began to slash aid to South Vietnam, so that its soldiers had to fight on with dwindling supplies of fuel, ammunition, and medicine. Under these circumstances, the South Vietnamese attempted to regroup their army into the provinces around Saigon, an effort that ended in disaster. The final chapter reflects on the meaning of the conflict and the tragedy that abandonment by Washington and conquest by Hanoi brought upon the South Vietnamese people. An Appendix presents a strategy for preserving a South Vietnamese state with the commitment of a relatively small number of U.S. forces.
Chapter One: The Viet Minh War Chapter Two: The Coming of Ngo Dinh Diem Chapter Three: The Murder of President Diem Chapter Four: The South Vietnamese Army Chapter Five: The Tet Offensive and The Ho Chi Minh Trail Chapter Six: The 1972 Easter Offensive Chapter Seven: The Americans Abandon the South Vietnamese Chapter Eight: Retrenchment and Collapse Chapter Nine: Reflection on the Fall of South Vietnam Appendix: Could South Vietnam Have Endured?
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