Word: guer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Loud Ties. The key spot and the most dangerous one was Indo-China. On its northern border stood Mao Tse-tung's troops, giving encouragement to the guer rilla chief, Ho Chi Minh. Indo-China was coveted by the Reds not alone for its strategic advantage. Mao Tse-tung, faced with famine at home, had his eyes on IndoChina's spreading fields of rice. But in Indo-China, the traveler thought, there was also some cause for optimism. Emperor Bao Dai, despite his passion for "sports coats and loud neckties," was intelligent and an energetic leader...