Word: ngo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most insidious impact of Viet Nam has been the erosion of trust and confidence in authority. It began at the White House, perhaps in the U.S. complicity in the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963. The endlessly repeated official optimism about Viet Nam had dangerous consequences. Always, the "corner had been turned," the end was in sight; stick it out a little longer. In 1969 Henry Kissinger told war protesters, "If we have not ended the war by six months from now, you can come back and tear down the White House fence." Writes Anthony Lake, a young Foreign...
July 21, 1954. At Geneva conference, war-weary French agree to temporary partition of Viet Nam at 17th parallel. Ho's Viet Minh march into Hanoi in October and establish capital of Communist North Viet Nam. U.S.-backed Premier Ngo Dinh Diem takes charge of South Viet Nam. Geneva accords call for elections in two years to reunify country...
...Ngo Dinh Nhu, the beautiful doll-like sister-in-law of President Ngo Dinh Diem, once ruled Saigon social life like a pirate queen. She censored movies, organized women's militia units and fiercely denounced all opposition. When a Buddhist monk set himself on fire to protest Diem's repression, Mme. Nhu ridiculed the immolation as a "barbecue." Touring abroad when her husband and Diem were slain in 1963, Mme. Nhu took up residence in a commodious, ocher-colored Roman villa purchased with funds the family had accumulated during the years of power. Now 48, she still lives there with...
...successful campaign that could change the military situation. Thus last month he ordered his generals to go on the offensive. The first response came in Military Region I, where his best troops are concentrated. Moreover, these forces are commanded by South Viet Nam's best general, Lieut. General Ngo Quang Truong, who took over the region in May after the defeat at Quang...
...Kontum in the Central Highlands, the untested ARVN 23rd Division routed the 1,000 to 2,000 North Vietnamese troops that tried to infiltrate the town. At Hué, General Ngo Quang Truong, the new regional commander, sent elements of the 1st ARVN Division and the South Vietnamese marines on spoiling actions against enemy units southwest and north of the city. To the north, a force of 2,000 marines were pushing into Communist-controlled Quang Tri province, though they were encountering heavy opposition twelve miles south of Quang Tri city...