Thanks for sharing. It’s a bit of a shock to hear that the U.S. was sizing up Vietnam for a makeover in 1945, the same year that FDR died. The Security State was in the wings until the money’s front man, Harry Truman, legitimated murder for empire.
I had the pleasure of meeting Colonel Archemedes Patti, who wrote a book titled Why Vietnam? in the 1980’s when he was a guest lecturer in my political science class. His humanity was at odds with the cold detachment of the generals who prosecuted the illegal war, and he wrote with warmth and sincerity about his friend, Ho Chi Minh.
Thanks for sharing. It’s a bit of a shock to hear that the U.S. was sizing up Vietnam for a makeover in 1945, the same year that FDR died. The Security State was in the wings until the money’s front man, Harry Truman, legitimated murder for empire.
I had the pleasure of meeting Colonel Archemedes Patti, who wrote a book titled Why Vietnam? in the 1980’s when he was a guest lecturer in my political science class. His humanity was at odds with the cold detachment of the generals who prosecuted the illegal war, and he wrote with warmth and sincerity about his friend, Ho Chi Minh.
https://vietnamnet.vn/en/american-intelligence-officer-a-special-witness-to-national-day-1945-671714.html
Thanks very much: an interesting article.