“It’s no surprise that many later analysts, in judging these and other actions and statements by Diem in the course of 1955, depicted him as a power-hungry and hypocritical autocrat, a reactionary mandarin, a pliant U.S. puppet, and nothing more.… — Fredrik Logevall Copy Share Image
“Try as U.S. officials might to get him to broaden his government, to show more sensitivity to the needs of his people, to show… — Fredrik Logevall Copy Share Image
“America’s intervention, Halberstam said on a later occasion, occurred “in the embers of another colonial war.” — Fredrik Logevall Copy Share Image
Admittedly, key archival documentation remains under lock and key and will be inaccessible for a long time to come. But enough material is available,… — Fredrik Logevall Copy Share Image
“Only later would the grim tallies for France be known. Between September 1945 and July 1954, Paris sent a total of 489,560 soldiers to… — Fredrik Logevall Copy Share Image
“It’s no surprise that many later analysts, in judging these and other actions and statements by Diem in the course of 1955, depicted him… — Fredrik Logevall Copy Share Image
“And so, seemingly overnight, French political and military influence in South Vietnam withered. On May 20, 1955, French forces withdrew from the Saigon area… — Fredrik Logevall Copy Share Image
