Why South Vietnam Fell

by Anthony James Joes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498503918
• ISBN13: 9781498503914
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"