02948nam 2200697 450 991082310640332120210614041931.01-4985-0391-81-4985-0390-X(CKB)2670000000574433(EBL)1832626(SSID)ssj0001369079(PQKBManifestationID)12433828(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001369079(PQKBWorkID)11307110(PQKB)10307858(MiAaPQ)EBC1832626(Au-PeEL)EBL1832626(CaPaEBR)ebr11024241(CaONFJC)MIL656222(OCoLC)895428864(EXLCZ)99267000000057443320150304h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhy South Vietnam fell /Anthony James JoesLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2014.©20141 online resource (219 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-24942-3 1-4985-0389-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Maps; Introduction; 1 The Viet Minh War; 2 The Coming of Ngo Dinh Diem; 3 The Murder of President Diem; 4 The South Vietnamese Army; 5 The Tet Offensive and the Ho Chi Minh Trail; 6 The 1972 Easter Offensive; 7 The Americans Abandon the South Vietnamese; 8 Retrenchment and Collapse; 9 Reflections on the Fall of South Vietnam; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThis book examines the administration of President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam and the U.S. involvement in his assassination. Joe 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.CommunismVietnamHistory20th centuryAnti-communist movementsVietnamHistory20th centuryVietnam War, 1961-1975Political aspectsVietnam War, 1961-1975United StatesVietnam War, 1961-1975CampaignsVietnam (Republic)Politics and governmentVietnamPolitics and government1945-1975Vietnam (Republic)Foreign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsVietnam (Republic)CommunismHistoryAnti-communist movementsHistoryVietnam War, 1961-1975Political aspects.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Vietnam War, 1961-1975Campaigns.959.704/3Joes Anthony James1594433MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823106403321Why South Vietnam fell3923075UNINA