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Thailand Involvement in Vietnam War

The Vietnam War Team March 29, 2015 Leave a comment

Thailand’s attitudes and actions towards the Vietnam War was best described by Thai Foreign Minister, Thanat Khoman in an interview to the ABC Scope program in May 1967. He explained that Thailand was very much a voluntary and active... Continue reading

The Controversy of Phoenix Program

Alan Rohn November 30, 2014 Leave a comment

Although Phoenix (Phung Hoang) Program was a crucial element of the post Tet 1968 pacification plan, it has subsequently been considered among the most controversial CIA’s activities during the Vietnam War. Phoenix Operations Phoenix Program had the prime objective... Continue reading

The Rise of Phoenix Program In Vietnam

Kenny Rogers November 23, 2014 Leave a comment

Phoenix Program was an intelligence and counterinsurgency program designed to gather, analyze information and then “neutralize” (via capture, infiltration, torture, terrorism, and assassination) the infrastructure of the Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) in South Vietnam. Phoenix was operated and... Continue reading

The United Kingdom Involvement in the Vietnam War

Kenny Rogers July 15, 2014 Leave a comment

Lately we have received questions from one of our beloved readers – Dennis asking about the United Kingdom (U.K.) involvement in the Vietnam War and if the U.K. supported the United States (U.S.) in their war against the Communists.... Continue reading

Watergate Scandal Timeline

Kenny Rogers June 10, 2014 Leave a comment

Following is the detailed timeline of the Watergate scandal that brought President Richard Nixon down. The controversy while started from the break-in on June 16, 1972 was arguably rooted since the leak of the Pentagon Papers and ended with... Continue reading

Counterculture

Kenny Rogers May 22, 2014 Leave a comment

A counterculture is a culture of a group of people, particularly among the young, whose values and lifestyles are considerably different and often diametrically opposed to those established culture. It tends to grow and peak early then decline rapidly,... Continue reading

Watergate Scandal Summary

The Vietnam War Team May 13, 2014 Leave a comment

The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that happened in the United States between 1972 and 1974. It began with a break-in at the headquarters of Democratic National Committee at the office complex called Watergate – hence the... Continue reading

Vietnamization: In Theory and In Reality

kubia April 7, 2014 Leave a comment

The “Secret Plan” of Nixon After the stunning Tet Offensive, American public, who was already cautious about the war in Vietnam, now changed their views even more dramatically against it. Anti-war protests and demonstrations increased rapidly in numbers and size... Continue reading

Operation Linebacker II – The Christmas Bombing

Tom Valentine April 5, 2014 3 Comments

Background After three years of deadlock, the peace talks in Paris finally reached a major breakthrough. In October 1972, Hanoi decided to change their negotiating position in order to get to an agreement. This move was made in the... Continue reading

U.S. Propaganda in the Vietnam War

kubia March 27, 2014 2 Comments

Communist Aggression Before President Johnson officially dispatched the first U.S. combat troops to Da Nang in March, 1965, the U.S. government had prepared the country for the war in Vietnam for a long time. The “Domino theory” coined by... Continue reading

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Vietnamization: In Theory and In Reality

Operation Linebacker II – The Christmas Bombing

U.S. Propaganda in the Vietnam War

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