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Oct 29, 2009 · The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was...
Jul 13, 2017 · Hanoi’s War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam. by Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, The University of North Carolina Press, 2012. For years the manner in which Hanoi waged its war—militarily, politically, diplomatically—and the leaders of that war have confounded historians.
Dec 24, 2012 · The biggest ever bombing campaign by US B-52 aircraft took place over Christmas 40 years ago, when the US dropped at least 20,000 tonnes of explosives on North Vietnam, mostly Hanoi. More than...
The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the South Vietnamese state, leading to a transition period and the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under communist rule on 2 July 1976.
Jun 9, 2021 · June 9, 2021. This article is part of a special report on the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers may have been all over the front pages of U.S. newspapers 50 years ago,...
Apr 16, 2015 · HANOI, VIETNAM—Forty years ago, on April 30, 1975, Nguyen Dang Phat experienced the happiest day of his life. That morning, as communist troops swept into the South Vietnamese capital of...
Mar 21, 2016 · Revisiting Hanoi’s Public Diplomacy Efforts During the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese government lobbied extensively to rally international support to its cause during the 60s and 70s....
