
Saigon, 1965
Revisionist History
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The Viet Nam War - A War of Persuasion
Vietnam was a french colony from 18 87 until 19 54. It was split in half, Communists took over the north and an american backed regime came into power in the south. A new theory is that revolutionary development may look good on paper, but nothing pacifies quite like old fashioned military might and a live force of more than eight thousand men.
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