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Phạm Ngọc Thảo
North Vietnamese spy (1922–1965)
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Phạm, but is often simplified to Pham in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Thảo.
Phạm Ngọc Thảo (IPA: Hanoi:[fâˀmŋoˀktʰa᷉ɔ], Saigon:[fə̂ˀmŋoˀktʰə᷉ɔ]), also known as Albert Thảo (14 February 1922 – 17 July 1965), was a communistsleeper agent of the Việt Minh (and, later, of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)) who infiltrated the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and also became a major provincial leader in South Vietnam. In 1962, he was made overseer of Ngô Đình Nhu's Strategic Hamlet Program in South Vietnam and deliberately forced it forward at an unsustainable speed, causing the production of poorly equipped and poorly defended villages and the growth of rural resentment toward the regime of President Ngô Đình Diệm, Nhu's elder brother. In light of the failed land reform efforts
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The Myth of a Liberation
Among the anonymous hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese boat people are some whose stories are becoming known. And among these, there are a few special witnesses. One is Truong Nhu Tang, a founder of the NLF, minister of justice for the Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government, one of the most determined adversaries of the US during the war.
There is no one whose revolutionary credentials are more secure, no one who worked harder to expel the US from Vietnam and to establish a revolutionary government. In recognition of his service, in 1976 Truong Nhu Tang was offered a cabinet position, vice-minister of nutrition, in the government of unified Vietnam, a unique honor for former NLF leaders. He is a man beyond the charge of CIA complicity. His story is a simple human tragedy, but beyond that, it provides unique historical insight into a tormenting war.
Truong Nhu Tang is fifty-seven years old and is now living in Paris, where he has recently
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Vietnam Biography
Goodbye, Vietnam
- Written by: William Broyles Jr.
- Narrated by: David DeSantos
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In this gripping memoir, a former marine returns to Vietnam to try to man sense of the war. Previously published as Brothers in Arms, this edition includes a new preface by the author. When William Broyles Jr. was drafted, he was a twenty-four-year-old lärjunge at Oxford University in England, hoping to avoid military service. During his physical exam, however, he realized that he couldn't let social class or education give him special privileges. He joined the marines, and soon commanded an infantry platoon in the foothills near Da Nang.