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Pol Pot Part 3: Vietnam War, Cambodian Revolution

Real Dictators

CHAPTER

The Vietnam War - A Memoir

60 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers cruise through the night sky. They are part of an operation code named breakfast after the early morning session at the Pentagon, where the raid was planned. President Richard Nixon had been angered by recent bomb strikes committed by communists against Saigon and other urban targets in South Vietnam. These attacks, he says, jeopardize Washington's continued participation in peace talks.

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