President of North Vietnam from 1954 until his death ... to the non-communist government of South Vietnam, led by Ngo Dinh Diem. If you were going to pick a political leader to support, you ...

Ngo Dinh Diem, an unpopular leader ... Johnson into retaliating with military attacks in North Vietnam. Operation Rolling Thunder President Johnson ordered the bombing of strategic military ...

In 1963, he became leader of South Vietnam after a coup in which Diem was murdered ... In 1967, he ran successfully for president of South Vietnam and held that position until the fall of Saigon ...

What kind of woman followed her husband to Vietnam in 1963 to support President Kennedy’s alliance with South Vietnam and President Ngo Dinh Diem? McDermott’s answer: a Catholic woman. Or rather, a ...

President Kennedy inspires idealistic young Americans to serve their country and wrestles with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic Diem regime faces a ...