Word: vietnams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...armed aggression against the government of South Viet Nam and assurances that the South Vietnamese can go their own way in freedom. These goals are so far apart that many would agree with the judgment of Edwin Reischauer, Asian scholar and diplomat, who says in Beyond Vietnam: "It is hard to envisage at this stage a negotiated settlement that is not virtually a surrender by one side or the other...
...SECRET SEARCH FOR PEACE IN VIETNAM by David Kraslow and Stuart H. Loory. 247 pages. Random House...
...Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. U Thant, is reported to have said, in connection with Vietnam, that in war, the first casuality is truth. The Nigerian civil war is today another painful reminder of this phenomenon. Claims of a special Ibo Jewishness and Catholic Christianity vis a vis other Nigerian groups, and counter-claims of an Ibo plot to dominate others, have cluttered the scene...
Only pseudo liberals and enemies of Africa can seriously advocate organized trips into Biafra with the avowed purpose of forcing American intervention in favour of secession. For quite apart from the risk of creating another Vietnam, such action can only condemn Africa to permanent underdevelopment. An Africa based on tribal units has no chance. Only our enemies can knowingly encourage African fragmentation while they themselves enjoy the fruits of unity in their own countries. Omafume Onoge Teaching Fellow Social Relations Dept...
...resigned after 20 years of service, saying we are "embroiled in an Oriental civil war in which both sides are against us economically and militarily... I want no further part in the conscription of our youth who, either willingly or unwillingly, will serve in the cesspool otherwise known as Vietnam...