Miller to Present Talk on "Misalliance: Ngo Dinh Diem and the Roots of America’s Intervention in the Vietnam War” - 9/24 at 4:30 PM
September 23, 2013
During the 1950s, U.S. leaders hailed South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem as a model Cold War ally and funneled massive amounts of aid to his regime. But in 1963, Diem was ousted and assassinated in a coup backed by Washington. This drastic shift in political attitude greatly contributed to the course of the Vietnam War, one of the major events that effected late 20th century American foreign policy.
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