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A CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION

Vietnam (Leesburg, Va.), 2021-04, Vol.33 (6), p.9-9

Copyright Weider History Group, Inc Apr 2021 ;ISSN: 1046-2902

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  • Title:
    A CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION
  • Author: Villard, Erik
  • Subjects: Sieges ; Vietnam War
  • Is Part Of: Vietnam (Leesburg, Va.), 2021-04, Vol.33 (6), p.9-9
  • Description: A SERIES EXAMINING CONTENTIOUS ISSUES OF THE VIETNAM WAR ONE FREQUENTLY DEBATED QUESTION of the Vietnam War concerns North Vietnam's motive for laying siege to the U.S. Marine Corps base at Khe Sanh in northwestern Quang Tri province just south of the Demilitarized Zone and about 10 miles from Laos. [...]North Vietnam had several motives, some rarely discussed in the ture of the Hanoi had shortterm, medium-term and long-term reasons for besieging Khe Sanh, a conclusion drawn from both American sources and postwar Vietnamese histories. When the siege began, the ferocity of the rocket and mortar attacks deepened President Lyndon B. Johnson's anxiety.
  • Publisher: Harrisburg: Weider History Group, Inc
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1046-2902
  • Source: ProQuest Central

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