"South Vietnam had to be built from scratch……" — Nguyen Cao Ky
"South Vietnam had to be built from scratch and, from the very beginning, depended far too much on the Western superpowers. As in the case of a person on public welfare, this dependency, which became greater with each day, was quite difficult to shake."
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Nguyen Cao Ky
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14 Quotes by Nguyen Cao Ky
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Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over…
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After the 1954 Geneva international conference, Vietnam was divided into two parts. On paper, North and South Vietnam were twin…
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Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international…
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During the Fifties, political and military activities in Vietnam were heavily influenced by the French, who as recent colonial masters,…
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From its inception, South Vietnam was only considered to be an outpost in the war against communism.
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By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies.
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After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its…
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By the mid-sixties, the United States had poured more than half a million troops into South Vietnam.
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We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other.
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I never staged a coup. They picked me up. Like I say, they forced me to become premier, maybe hoping…
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not…
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The way Americans understand and treat other peoples almost guarantees that the world will suffer more trouble.
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