| 单词 | North Vietnam |
| 例句 | He was in favor of increased bombings, of bombing North Vietnam back into the Stone Age, if it refused to see reason. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have my assurance,” he wrote, “that we will respond with full force should the settlement be violated by North Vietnam.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z North Vietnam’s ruler, Ho Chi Minh, was waging war to unite the country under one government—his. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The Navy was placing mines in North Vietnam’s Haiphong harbor. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In July 1945, toward the end of World War II, American soldiers parachuted into North Vietnam with orders to find and to help Ho Chi Minh. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson appealed to North Vietnam, offering massive financial aid in exchange for leaving South Vietnam alone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z These were the largest heavy bomber strikes since World War II, and forced North Vietnam to make concessions at the negotiating table. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Over the following hours and days, reading classified cables in his Pentagon office, Ellsberg learned the truth about the South Vietnamese attacks on North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The president’s orders for an air strike on North Vietnam had reached the Constellation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Because let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z On the last night of July, South Vietnamese sailors on patrol boats fired missiles at radar stations in North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The Americans agreed to halt the bombing of North Vietnam, and in exchange North Vietnamese negotiators agreed to sit down with representatives of the government of South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I refuse to believe that a little fourth-rate power like North Vietnam does not have a breaking point,” Kissinger told his staff. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Billy was not moved to protest the bombing of North Vietnam, did not shudder about the hideous things he himself had seen bombing do. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the CIA, the bombing campaign was costing the United States nine dollars and sixty cents for every one dollar of damage inflicted on North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z McNamara wanted to use the details to help convince the president to begin a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He wanted the president to expand ground operations into nearby Laos and Cambodia, and massively increase bombing of North Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z What looked from Washington, D.C., like a distant battlefield of the Cold War, appeared completely different from the vantage point of North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He was confident he could frighten North Vietnam into backing down. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson had halted the bombing of North Vietnam four years before. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Despite the constant search and destroy, there was always a steady flow of fresh troops from North Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z That, Bundy said, or an all-out invasion of North Vietnam, which would probably draw in the Chinese army and turn into an even bigger calamity. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Nixon and Kissinger were still looking for a way to pressure North Vietnam into concessions. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z North Vietnam simply had more talent, more discipline. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It wasn’t North Vietnam Nixon was talking about. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “On the day the electorate, as expected in polls, was voting in unprecedented numbers against bombing North Vietnam or otherwise escalating the war, we were working to set such a policy in motion,” Ellsberg recalled. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson had halted the bombing of North Vietnam, and Nixon was reluctant to resume it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A European diplomat described a recent trip to North Vietnam, and the destruction he’d seen from American bombs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He was on a bombing run over North Vietnam when his plane was ripped open by antiaircraft fire. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z North Vietnam had no intention of renegotiating points that had already been settled. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The United States insisted that North Vietnam stop supporting the war in the South. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Nixon solemnly promised to defend South Vietnam with air strikes if North Vietnam violated the terms of the Paris Peace Accords. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z On August 2, North Vietnamese forces spotted the American destroyer Maddox cruising in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Almost as soon as Nixon got back home, North Vietnam launched a massive offensive in the South. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z American planes took off from nearby aircraft carriers and made sixty-four sorties over North Vietnam, bombing their torpedo boat fleet and a major oil depot. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He ordered a brutal bombardment of North Vietnam, soon known as the Christmas bombing. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z No mention that since then more than twenty thousand Americans had died in Vietnam—all to achieve a lousy deal that allowed North Vietnam’s army to stay in the South, making a lasting peace impossible. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z North Vietnam had a communist government, allied with the Soviet Union and China. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But in any case, Kissinger told the press, the bombing was North Vietnam’s fault. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z North Vietnam’s strategy was to keep fighting, to keep absorbing punishment, until the American public tired of war and demanded the withdrawal of American troops. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “The South Vietnamese people will assume that we have been sold out by the United States,” he complained to Kissinger, “and that North Vietnam has won the war.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As North Vietnamese attacks in South Vietnam intensified, Johnson decided to run a continuous bombing campaign over North Vietnam aimed at destroying railroads, bridges, roads, and manufacturing plants. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He was against the bombing of North Vietnam, and she knew that. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He told Americans he was ordering a sharp reduction in the bombing of North Vietnam, in the hope that this would lead to peace talks with Hanoi. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The men spread maps and reconnaissance photos of North Vietnam on the table. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Let us be united for peace. Let us also be united against defeat. Because let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The challenge, as he saw it, was to somehow convince North Vietnam to make concessions at the bargaining table. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If North Vietnam agreed to a cease-fire and returned the American prisoners of war, Nixon said, he would end the bombing and withdraw the remaining American troops. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Climbing to twenty thousand feet, he rendezvoused with nine other Skyhawks headed for North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Ho Chi Minh and his communist allies gained control of North Vietnam, with their capital in Hanoi. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The early afternoon skies were blue above the coast of North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Adams was shocked that an enemy soldier was so strongly against the war he wished he could march in the streets of North Vietnam’s capital city. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He’s from North Vietnam, hates America, and suggests that Philip and Elizabeth shoot the dissident in the head. Who Is Loving “The Americans”? 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Beginning in mid-1954 he ran a covert intelligence operation that sent sabotage teams to North Vietnam and helped facilitate the flow of refugees from north to south. The War That Never Goes Away 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z But Partridge omits other facts about Vietnam that run against certain American exceptionalist myths, like the Eisenhower administration’s scotching of elections to reunify South and North Vietnam in 1956. How Do We Tell a New Generation of Teenagers About the Vietnam War? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Together, they made films about Communist China and North Vietnam, a devotion she now regards, said with a laugh, as “false, naïve and simplistic.” A French Deportee Life at Auschwitz and History Repeating 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z He wrote an admired account of the inside events behind the March 31, 1968, decision to restrict the bombing of North Vietnam and open peace negotiations. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The communist Pathet Lao took over in 1975 after a disastrous civil war that drew in the United States and North Vietnam. She taught D.C. to respect Lao food. Now she’s evangelizing in Laos, too. 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Visitors are told that a United States destroyer has been attacked by North Vietnam and are asked, “Should President Johnson retaliate?” Critic’s Notebook: At the LBJ Presidential Library, Giving Nuance to History 2014-04-08T22:44:54Z These transcripts begin with Nixon reflecting on the intense “Christmas bombing” of North Vietnam at the end of 1972, which he deems to have been a personally difficult decision but “perhaps . . . a good thing.” ‘The Nixon Tapes: 1973,’ Edited by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z At a public event last week to promote his book "The Doomsday Machine," Ellsberg revealed that Nixon had plans drawn up for the use of nuclear weapons on North Vietnam. ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Big Little Lies’ Lead Golden Globe Nominations 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The filmmakers dig into new scholarship detailing how Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnam’s president, was sometimes sidelined by Le Duan, the hard-liner party secretary who pushed for more aggressive, often disastrously costly military strategy. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Tackle the Vietnam War 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Fonda drew the ire of many Americans when she visited North Vietnam at the height of the Vietnam War, leaving a stigma that would last for decades. Jane Fonda to Receive AFI Achievement Award 2013-10-04T14:13:45Z Right — you have said of sitting on the enemy aircraft gun on your trip to North Vietnam, “I will go to my grave regretting that.” Jane Fonda on her climate-change activism: ‘I wanted to show that we have to leave our comfort zone’ 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Readers meet Nixon on Inauguration Day, 1973, as “the son of the struggling Quaker grocer” was basking in his accomplishments: re-election, widespread popularity, the promise of a peace agreement with the government in North Vietnam. 15 New Books to Watch For in May 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z One key to understanding this use of air power in South Vietnam is to compare the unrestricted bombing in the South with the elaborate restrictions that surrounded the air campaign against North Vietnam. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z He also brought up Fonda’s 1972 visit to North Vietnam, which earned her the nickname “Hanoi Jane” and still taints her reputation, especially on the right. Jane Fonda on joining the climate fight: 'It's back to the barricades' 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The hubris that allowed Henry Kissinger to say North Vietnam is a fourth-rate power we will break. Oliver Stone Rewrites History — Again 2012-11-25T03:37:22Z Perhaps, Mr. Just said, the United States might have “won” by waging total war against North Vietnam, using atomic weapons or carpet bombing until the North’s cities were destroyed and the countryside left barren. Ward Just, 84, Dies; Ex-Journalist Found Larger Truths in Fiction 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The title story of Northwest author Jerome Gold’s collection of stories from Mill Creek-based Black Heron Press is told by an elderly North Vietnam army officer who recalls his earlier experience with U.S. NW books: Gordon Hirabayashi’s principled stand against World War II internment 2013-06-03T19:30:44Z But it was because North Vietnam was being bombed. Jane Fonda, Intergalactic Eco-Warrior in a Red Coat 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Two years later she visited North Vietnam, landing the nickname Hanoi Jane, and went on to apologize repeatedly for causing any insult to American soldiers. Jane Fonda at 81, Proudly Protesting and Going to Jail 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Ms. Fonda had just given birth to her daughter Vanessa Vadim, and during her pregnancy said she had grown horrified watching French television broadcasts of the attacks on North Vietnam. Jane Fonda: The Reluctant Fashionista 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The U.S. launched its heaviest bombing raids since World War II against targets in Communist North Vietnam, which was fighting to overthrow the U.S.-backed government of South Vietnam. AP Interview: Joan Baez returns to past in Vietnam 2013-04-10T15:22:16Z Tran was born in Saigon in April 1975 — just 10 days before North Vietnam conquered the city, ending the war with the U.S. Writer turns refugee life into a world premiere at ACT Theatre 2012-09-06T20:26:09Z First published in 1991, the novel was banned in Vietnam until 2005 because it contradicted the official viewpoint that, since North Vietnam had won the war, there should be glory, not sorrow. Read Your Way Through Hanoi 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Later that day, President Johnson announced a cessation of the bombing of North Vietnam. A Modest Encounter with Russell Baker 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z The team was en route from Virginia to Washington to meet President Richard M. Nixon, who had ordered a heavy air assault on the port of Haiphong in North Vietnam, China’s ally. Books of The Times: ‘Ping-Pong Diplomacy,’ by Nicholas Griffin 2014-01-02T22:23:15Z A. We did a package tour to North Vietnam with Intrepid Travel. Q&A: Deborah Dickson-Smith?s Tips for Family Travel 2012-04-06T18:36:54Z They referred to his 5½ years in captivity as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, after McCain’s Navy plane was shot down over Hanoi in October 1967. Visitors to the Vietnam Wall reflect on McCain’s legacy 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Each night, Baez would scurry to the bunker underneath her government-run hotel, her peace mission to North Vietnam interrupted by the reality of war. AP Interview: Joan Baez returns to past in Vietnam 2013-04-10T06:16:05Z “If America’s war leadership often flaunted its inhumanity, that of North Vietnam matched it cruelty for cruelty,” Hastings contends. The Disaster That Was the Vietnam War 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The movie, directed by Francine Parker, who produced it along with Fonda and Donald Sutherland, opened the same day that Fonda’s trip to North Vietnam made news. ‘F.T.A.’: When Jane Fonda Rocked the U.S. Army 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z McCain parachuted out of the plane and landed in a lake in Hanoi, North Vietnam. Biden wraps Vietnam visit by talking with business leaders and visiting a memorial to John McCain 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Biden’s visit comes nearly 50 years after the end of the deeply unpopular Vietnam War between the Soviet-backed Communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam’s U.S.-backed regime. US, Vietnam to elevate ties during Biden visit, with eye on China 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z He was acting as a conduit to North Vietnam for the administration of President Lyndon Johnson, which was working on a peace deal it hoped to announce before the 1968 presidential election. Henry Kissinger at 100: A centenarian with a remarkable life — and still a war criminal 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z The original map had 11 dashes, but two were given away in the 1950s, commonly accepted by historians as a concession to the fellow communist government of North Vietnam. How 'Barbie' crossed a line in Vietnam's dispute with China and ended up banned 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z It also said Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, had plans to expand the war, including bombing in North Vietnam, despite saying during the 1964 campaign that he would not. Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked 'Pentagon Papers,' dies at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z By the end of March, Johnson announced an end to the bombing in North Vietnam and shocked Americans with his decision not to seek a second full term in office. Daniel Ellsberg, former defense analyst who released top-secret Pentagon Papers, dead at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z To Mr. McNamara, Mr. Ellsberg forecast a dismal prospect of continued death and destruction, ending perhaps in an American withdrawal and victory for North Vietnam. Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Communists also assumed power in North Vietnam after Vietnam was divided following a war of independence with France. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z I was born in North Vietnam and grew up in a small village in Ninh Binh province, and I remember mostly the women. Perspective | 4 acclaimed novelists talk about writing Vietnam 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Zaremberg described a mission to refuel a spy plane over South Vietnam when the plane lost an engine in North Vietnam. Allan Zaremberg, dean of state business community, remembered as advocate for California 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The memo, dated Feb. 17, 1965, and signed by Humphrey, argued that “a full-scale military attack on North Vietnam … would risk gravely undermining other U.S. policies,” including by distracting from Johnson’s Great Society agenda. Thomas Hughes, State Department voice against Vietnam War, dies at 97 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z It was the 50th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, the all-out assault by North Vietnam to invade the South, and the brutal battle by U.S. A doctor saved a Marine’s life in Vietnam. A photo just reunited them. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z North Vietnam received support from both China and the Soviet Union. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Growing up in North Vietnam I was told we went there to liberate the South. Perspective | 4 acclaimed novelists talk about writing Vietnam 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z “And you have to make sure that you get them out of North Vietnam before you get shot down by a surface to air missile,” Zaremberg said. Allan Zaremberg, dean of state business community, remembered as advocate for California 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Tho, who died at 78 in 1990, was a general, diplomat and member of North Vietnam's ruling Politburo. Nobel Prize body knew Kissinger's 1973 Vietnam deal unlikely to bring peace, documents show 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The American side unambiguously dropped its demand that North Vietnam withdraw its troops from the south, a position that had been implied but not entirely explicit in previous U.S. proposals. The "Christmas bombing" of 1972 — and why that misremembered Vietnam War moment matters 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Also helping the North was a group of South Vietnamese communists, many of whom had relocated to North Vietnam following the Geneva Accords. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Others came back with stories of torture by South Vietnamese authorities looking for suspected communist sympathies or critics of the U.S.-led war against North Vietnam. Don Luce, activist who exposed Vietnam War horrors, dies at 88 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z He was shot down over North Vietnam in May 1972, but ejected and parachuted to Earth. Joseph Kittinger, who set longtime parachute record, dies 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The attacks also so angered North Vietnam’s allies in Moscow and Beijing that those countries increased their military aid beyond what the bombers had destroyed, Pentagon analysts said. Bombing Kyiv Into Submission? History Says It Won’t Work. 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z For decades after North Vietnam won the war in 1975, officials used loudspeakers to broadcast party propaganda, patriotic music and municipal announcements. Plan to Blare Propaganda Meets Resistance (and Eye Rolls) in Vietnam 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z In March 1972, after the North launched an offensive against the South, Nixon threatened to call off the Moscow Summit if the Soviets did not force North Vietnam to the peace table. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Secretary of State Henry Kissinger eventually drafted a peace treaty with North Vietnam, and, after handing over responsibility for the war to South Vietnam, the United States withdrew its troops in 1973. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z U.S. military forces withdrew from South Vietnam in 1973, and Saigon, its capital, fell to North Vietnam and the communists eighteen months later. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The Soviets didn’t hesitate to supply North Korea and North Vietnam with fighter aircraft to shoot down U.S. warplanes. Opinion | The U.S. is a lot stronger than Russia. We should act like it. 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z His vehement opposition to George W. Bush’s torture policies, for instance, traced back to his years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Cynical Republicans want to know: What’s Liz Cheney getting out of this? 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z At the peace talks in Paris, North Vietnam and the United States agreed to the U.S. withdrawal from South Vietnam in 1973. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z He also hoped that establishing a friendly relationship with China would isolate North Vietnam and ease a peace settlement, allowing the United States to extract its troops from the war honorably. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The signing of the Paris Peace Accords in January 1973 led to the release of almost 600 U.S. prisoners of war from North Vietnam. Jon Reynolds, Vietnam POW for more than seven years, dies at 84 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z By 1965, he was running bombing missions from Thailand to North Vietnam and Laos. Charles G. Boyd, Air Force General and Former POW, Dies at 83 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z He noted that the Soviet Union provided both aircraft and pilots to North Vietnam to operate against US aircraft without starting a wider confrontation. What weapons will US give Ukraine - and how much will they help? 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The war continued until 1975, however, when North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam, and the country was reunified under a communist government. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Thanks to his diplomatic efforts in China and the Soviet Union, those two nations cautioned North Vietnam to use restraint. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z That all changed in a televised speech on Sept. 30, when Humphrey promised that if elected he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam and call for an immediate ceasefire. When Nixon meddled in an overseas war to win an election: Does this sound familiar? 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z The country of Vietnam was also split after World War II. The communists of North Vietnam started fighting to unify the country under a communist government. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "We should at least give them the same quality, and quantity, of stuff as the Soviet Union gave to North Vietnam during our war with them." What weapons will US give Ukraine - and how much will they help? 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The Soviet Union placed a communist government in power in North Vietnam. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The United States was given sixty days to withdraw its troops, and North Vietnam was allowed to keep its forces in places it currently occupied. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The best LBJ could do was to try to give Humphrey a boost — despite rising tension between them — by announcing a halt in the bombing of North Vietnam on Oct. When Nixon meddled in an overseas war to win an election: Does this sound familiar? 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z American bombers destroyed roads and bridges in North Vietnam. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He ruled North Vietnam by crushing all opposition. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All were maintained in power by the United States, which proved willing to support any politician promising to take a hard line against communism and continue the war against North Vietnam. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z What Nixon and Kissinger hoped to get from China was help in ending the Vietnam War — that is, help in persuading North Vietnam to make a peace settlement. Op-Ed: How Nixon's fabled trip to China, 50 years ago this week, led to today's Taiwan crisis 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z He hoped that China, an ally of communist North Vietnam in its battle with the U.S.-backed South, could play a role in resolving the conflict. 50 years after Nixon visit, US-China ties as fraught as ever 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z The Tet Offensive was a crucial turning point in the war, in favor of North Vietnam. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It appeared that a takeover by the Communist Vietcong, backed by North Vietnam, was inevitable. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In early August, U.S. ships stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam reported they had come under attack. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z China sent back word that it supported North Vietnam and would not be drawn into its negotiations with the United States. Op-Ed: How Nixon's fabled trip to China, 50 years ago this week, led to today's Taiwan crisis 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z However, President Lyndon B. Johnson and staff decided to believe the initial version of events and presented the incidents to Congress as two unprovoked attacks on US forces by North Vietnam. False flags: What are they and when have they been used? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z They did not take sides with combatants from either Communist North Vietnam or U.S.-supported South Vietnam. Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk who sought peace and mindfulness, dies at 95 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z U.S. planes had also begun to bomb North Vietnam. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the late 1960s, China cut back its financing of North Vietnam’s war against the South, and North Vietnam turned to the Soviet Union to fill the gap. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Born in South Vietnam, Ali escaped with her family in 1975 when North Vietnam invaded Saigon. Alaska ER doctor’s paintings follow passage of pandemic 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z It led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which allowed President Johnson to start bombing raids on North Vietnam and greatly escalate US military involvement in the Vietnam War. False flags: What are they and when have they been used? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Neither North Vietnam nor South Vietnam would allow him to return. Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk who sought peace and mindfulness, dies at 95 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Back then, the United States was fighting a long war against North Vietnam, a communist nation supported by the Soviet Union and China, that many felt was unwinnable. The unclaimed soldier: A final salute for the growing number of veterans who have no one to bury them 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The United States then used the Soviet desire for closer relations to exert pressure on North Vietnam. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z After Vietnam, though, the nation’s attitude began to change, according to Mark Stephensen, whose father was a fighter pilot who was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967. A U.S. Military First: The War in Afghanistan Ended With Zero M.I.A.s 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z They knew there is no moral difference between those who carpet-bomb North Vietnam or southern Iraq and those who fly planes into buildings. Remembering 9/11: The evil we do is the evil we get 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Those activities, Newsweek magazine reported in 1982, “stirred up the hottest Hollywood political dispute since Jane Fonda’s wartime visit to North Vietnam.” Ed Asner, actor who twice had the role of a lifetime as newsman Lou Grant, dies at 91 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The Vietnam War was a conflict between the communist government of North Vietnam, and South Vietnam and its principal ally, the US. Why is the Taliban's Kabul victory being compared to the fall of Saigon? 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z During the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, as North Vietnam’s Communist forces claimed victory, the United States evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese. Plan to evacuate U.S. allies from Afghanistan raises specters of Iraq and Vietnam 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z And then looking at that same model of stopping them in their tracks, our government tried to stop the communists in North Vietnam. Chris Matthews on Jan. 6, the danger to democracy and what he learned from #MeToo 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z So he committed atrocities — dropping more bombs on North Vietnam than had hit Germany in World War II — in pursuit of a mirage. Review | Nixon knew better, but he couldn’t save himself 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z In 1972, with the war in Vietnam dragging on, Mr. Clark met with Communist officials in Hanoi, the capital of North Vietnam, and publicly criticized American conduct of the war. Ramsey Clark, Attorney General and Rebel With a Cause, Dies at 93 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z But then, when it came time for an address to the nation announcing a de-escalation in bombing North Vietnam, he finally issued the surprise declaration. In Lady Bird Johnson’s Secret Diaries, a Despairing President and a Crucial Spouse 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Historian Michael Schuyler said LBJ’s bombing raids against North Vietnam in 1965 divided “the two men, their followers, and much of the nation, into hostile, warring camps.” Perspective | Five myths about the Kennedys 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z He later wrote The Passing of the Night, a harrowing account of the seven years he spent as a prisoner in the "Hanoi Hilton," the sardonic name American POWs gave North Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison. POW nation: When will America free itself from war? 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z In 1973, a cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam War, a day after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords by the United States, North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Today in History 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The papers revealed that successive administrations had expanded U.S. involvement in the war and intensified attacks on North Vietnam while obscuring their doubts about the likelihood of success. Neil Sheehan Dies at 84; Times Reporter Obtained the Pentagon Papers 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z In 1973, the Paris peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed. Today in History 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z In 1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam. Today in History 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Since the U.S. government had chosen not to officially declare war against North Vietnam, whether his missions were even legal should have been open to question. POW nation: When will America free itself from war? 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, saying he hoped for fruitful peace negotiations. Today in History 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Off the southern coast of Haiphong, North Vietnam, the seas churned as the celestial disturbance prematurely detonated some two dozen U.S. Can a Moon Base be Safe for Astronauts? 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Some models were later modified to deliver tons of conventional bombs on targets in North Vietnam and other hostile states, but the remaining B-52s are still largely configured for intercontinental nuclear strikes. The nuclearization of American diplomacy: A game of nuclear chicken with Russia and China 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z The intention there was to gain leverage in negotiations with North Vietnam on ending the war. CNN's Jim Sciutto: Vladimir Putin has seduced Trump — now the world sees America as weak 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z He spent five and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam before being released along with 108 other prisoners in 1973. Cadet Bone-Spurs reports for duty: He thinks America's war dead are "losers" 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z During the 2016 presidential election, Trump derided McCain’s legacy as a war hero, saying of his years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, “I like people who weren’t captured.” Trump said U.S. soldiers injured and killed in war were ‘losers,’ magazine reports 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z He spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Joe Biden officially becomes the Democratic Party’s nominee on convention’s second night 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z The two-time Oscar winner received the nickname referenced by Trump Jr. following a 1972 visit to North Vietnam, where she was photographed on an anti-aircraft gun. Donald Trump Jr., Jane Fonda show rare agreement in opposing mine near Alaska fishery 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Nixon deliberately had his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, communicate to North Vietnam that he was just mad enough to launch a nuclear strike. CNN's Jim Sciutto: Vladimir Putin has seduced Trump — now the world sees America as weak 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Her husband spent 11 months as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam after his Navy reconnaissance plane was shot down in 1972. Ex-Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan in care facility with Alzheimer’s 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z America’s multibillion-dollar Afghan operation served as payback for the Soviets’ arming of North Vietnam. Perspective | Putin still plays by the ruthless rules of the Cold War. Because Trump lets him. 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z On April 16, 1966, Johnson’s F-4 Phantom II was shot down over North Vietnam and he suffered a broken arm, dislocated shoulder and broken back in the crash. Texas congressman Sam Johnson, conservative former Vietnam POW, dies at 89 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Communist forces used the valley as a conduit to move men, weapons and supplies from North Vietnam. Bennie Adkins, who received Medal of Honor for Vietnam War battle, dies at 86 of coronavirus 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z On this day in history, in 1973, the United States, South Vietnam, the Viet Cong and North Vietnam signed the Paris Peace Accords, which formally brought an end to the Vietnam War. Vietnam War formally ends: This Day in History 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The 1973 prize was awarded to Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and the North Vietnam statesman Le Duc Tho for having negotiated a cease-fire in the Vietnam War. With Many Dents to Its Image, Nobel Peace Prize Is Hit With a Few More 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z That battle was vividly in mind in 1972, when he was a vice admiral directing combat operations off the coast of North Vietnam. James Holloway, decorated aviator and Navy’s former top admiral, dies at 97 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Ms. Stern participated in antiwar demonstrations and in 1969 helped organize a meeting in Toronto of women from the United States, Canada and North Vietnam. Helen ‘Leni’ Stern, artist who helped found D.C. contemporary art museum, dies at 89 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Though he grew up in what then was North Vietnam, he was best associated with the south, which eventually fell to communist forces at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Du Tu Le, beloved Vietnamese poet who came to U.S. as a refugee, dies 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z He made his way to North Vietnam in 1953 and underwent two years of training. Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge’s infamous ‘Brother Number Two,’ dies at 93 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z But once U.S. troops were gone, North Vietnam reneged on those commitments and invaded South Vietnam. Opinion | The U.S. needs to end the war with Afghanistan without losing the peace 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Seventh Fleet, where he was known by the radio call sign Jehovah and directed more than 150 ships in bombing operations against North Vietnam. James Holloway, decorated aviator and Navy’s former top admiral, dies at 97 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Across the nation, Perot is best known for big fights and swashbuckling, like his attempt to deliver Christmas presents to POWs in North Vietnam and his relentless push to find MIAs after the war. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Perot said Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asked him to lead a campaign to improve treatment of POWs held in North Vietnam. H. Ross Perot rose from poverty to self-made billionaire 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z This notice in the Auburn Journal announces Joe docking in San Diego following the first of two tours off the coast of North Vietnam. The Golden State Killer suspect became part of their family — and slowly revealed his violent side 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s also noted in the film that the U.S. government’s code name for its secret bombing campaign of North Vietnam in the mid-‘60s was “Operation Rolling Thunder.” Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue: A user's guide 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z The park and the aircraft’s restoration were championed by veterans including Jim Farmer, who flew B-52 missions over North Vietnam and campaigned to put the plane on display. ‘Welcome home’: New Vietnam War memorial park draws the Mattis family to Seattle 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Preliminary peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam began in the French capital. Today in History 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z An excavation team found Lannom's remains at a crash site on a remote North Vietnam island with steep limestone cliffs. Navy officer who was MIA in Vietnam for decades laid to rest in Tennessee 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z One of the most powerful emotions of his life came with his flight into Hanoi, North Vietnam, on July 8, 2013. West Texan honored for international wheelchair donations 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z North Korea and Vietnam were allied closely during the Vietnam War, with Pyongyang sending millions of dollars in economic and military aid to support North Vietnam. Kim Jong-un has fences to mend during Vietnam summit 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z North Korea was the third nation to grant North Vietnam diplomatic recognition in 1950, after the Soviet Union and China, but today, Hanoi’s relationship with Seoul is far deeper than it ever was with Pyongyang. The U.S. wants North Korea to follow the ‘miracle’ of Vietnam’s path. It might be disappointed. 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Sometimes, the volunteers interrupted the evening news, which was grim with reports of North Vietnam’s Tet Offensive. Opinion | Bernie, your moment has come — and gone 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z North Korea sent air force pilots to help North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Kim Jong-un’s ‘Butler’ Visits Vietnam to Prepare for Trump Meeting 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z When Nixon “wanted to be tough,” to “send a message to the country or North Vietnam,” Buchanan said, “he would call me to write the speech.” Raymond K. Price Jr., Nixon speechwriter, confidant and champion, dies at 88 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Vietnam and the United States normalized relations in 1995, two decades after North Vietnam defeated the American-backed South Vietnamese regime to end the Vietnam War. Why Vietnam Appeals as Possible Host for Trump-Kim Summit 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z As the civilian leader of the Air Force, he appeared to recommend the intensification of aerial bombing of North Vietnam, one of the most controversial policies of the war. Harold Brown, Carter defense secretary who advocated arms buildup, dies at 91 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Reckless Noodle House in the Central District: Inspired by the owners’ excellent adventure around North Vietnam, Reckless has become a surprise hit, filling up regularly on a usually quiet drag. The top 18 new Seattle-area cheap eats of 2018 — the food and the stories 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Was it illegal foreign aggression by North Vietnam against the South, as the United States and the South Vietnamese government in Saigon -- neither of which signed the Geneva treaty -- insisted? Making America’s wars great again 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Thereafter, “the outcome that was no longer plausible was North Vietnam’s defeat.” Review | The many flaws and failures of the United States in the Vietnam War 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z It also provided material and personnel to North Vietnam during its war against the United States. Why Vietnam Appeals as Possible Host for Trump-Kim Summit 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z A civil war was gaining traction between the Laotian government and communist forces backed by North Vietnam. Minnesota man reflects on journey from refugee to dentist 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Prior to the Democratic National Convention that August, Humphrey sought a compromise position that opened the possibility of a bombing halt in North Vietnam, which could kickstart the peace process. Democrats’ struggle over masculinity in an election 50 years ago is still playing out today 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The December bombing brought no significant new concessions from North Vietnam. Making America’s wars great again 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Hastings rightly identifies veteran revolutionary fighter Le Duan, and not the more eminent Ho Chi Minh, as North Vietnam’s paramount leader during the American war. Review | The many flaws and failures of the United States in the Vietnam War 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z This included an announcement that the United States would pull back on—though not stop—bombing what was then North Vietnam. After Angela Merkel, Who Will Lead Germany—and Europe? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Nguyen was the last dynasty in power before Ho Chi Minh and his communist forces took control of North Vietnam in 1945. In Orange County, 24 Vietnamese Americans are running for office. 13 share same last name - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s one thing to look at a map of North Vietnam and pick places to bomb. Weaponised AI is coming. Are algorithmic forever wars our future? | Ben Tarnoff 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z It was only 14 months ago that President Trump was threatening the use of nuclear weapons against North Korea — which, unlike North Vietnam at the time, possesses its own small nuclear arsenal. U.S. General Considered Nuclear Response in Vietnam War, Cables Show 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z It was only 14 months ago that President Donald Trump was threatening the use of nuclear weapons against North Korea — which, unlike North Vietnam at the time, possesses its own small nuclear arsenal. Cables show U.S. was close to adding nuclear weapons to the Vietnam War 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z He was just outside of the kill zone of the blast and 30 miles from North Vietnam. The Highground Veterans Memorial Park celebrates 30 years 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Trump, who had denigrated the senator’s stature as a war hero for his years of brutal captivity in North Vietnam, had publicly mocked McCain to the end at political rallies. McCain's funeral at Washington National Cathedral caps days of tributes, with eulogies from Obama and Bush 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z But it was his military service, punctuated by years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, that molded McCain’s political life. Obama, Bush to eulogize former political foe McCain at cathedral... 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z A graduate of the US Naval Academy, McCain served as a naval aviator for 22 years and spent five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam’s “Hanoi Hilton”. John McCain lies in state at US Capitol as great and good pay respects 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Flying from an aircraft carrier on a bombing mission in 1967, he was shot down over Hanoi, the capital of North Vietnam, and spent 5½ years as a prisoner of war. John McCain will be laid to rest among other Navy heroes, from the Civil War to Afghanistan 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z He was on his 23rd bombing run over North Vietnam when he was shot out of the sky and taken prisoner in October 1967. John McCain’s mother, now 106, a maverick in her own way 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z When he nearly died ejecting out of a plane over North Vietnam, he steeled himself for nearly six heroic years of captivity as an American POW. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z She added, “As I'm certain you are aware, he served five and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam and retired from the U.S. Navy at the rank of captain.” Trump, after two days and veterans' backlash, expresses respect for McCain and lowers flags until his burial 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z As a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, he refused to abandon his fellow POWs when he was offered the chance. Analysis | The passing of John McCain also marks the passing of an era 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z McCain, then a 31-year-old lieutenant commander in the Navy, parachuted out of the plane and landed in a lake in Hanoi, North Vietnam. McCain on his time as POW: ‘I fell in love with my country’ 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z He was referring to his naval career, which involved two crashes before he was famously shot down over North Vietnam. Opinion | A Life of Service, Lived With Good-Natured Irreverence 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z In 1967, his plane was shot down on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. The Latest: Trump offers sympathies upon McCain’s death 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z On October 1967, McCain was on his 23rd bombing round over North Vietnam when he was shot out of the sky and taken prisoner. War hero and presidential candidate John McCain has died 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Naval Academy and in October 1967, McCain was on his 23rd bombing run over North Vietnam when he was shot out of the sky and taken prisoner. War hero, senator, GOP presidential candidate McCain dies 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Bui Tin was an army reporter and a senior lieutenant colonel with the North Vietnam army at the time, one rank below the one he would later hold when he defected to the West. The reporter who changed his country's fate 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z She had no illusions about the Soviet Union, but she nourished hopes for the Communist regimes of Cuba and North Vietnam. The Hunger Artist 2000-02-28T05:00:00Z One chapter described how POWs were used as human shields to protect military and civilian targets in North Vietnam. Former North Carolina congressman Bill Hendon dies at 73 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z When he completed high school in Virginia Beach, his father was in his fourth year of imprisonment in North Vietnam. James S. Denton, journal editor who led programs to advance democracy, dies at 66 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z On March 31, LBJ went on national television and announced a partial halt to bombing in North Vietnam amid new peace negotiations. Did the news media, led by Walter Cronkite, lose the war in Vietnam? 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z “It is better to die than to be a slave. There is nothing more precious than freedom and independence,” North Vietnam’s president, Ho Chi Minh, told the National Assembly on May 24. The men killed on a single, bloody day in Vietnam, and the haunting wall that memorializes them 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The name Rolling Thunder itself stems from Operation Rolling Thunder, the military code name for the intense, long-term U.S. bombing of North Vietnam in the mid-1960s. Roll with Rolling Thunder’s Memorial Day message 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. McCain, a victim of torture by North Vietnam as a captured Navy pilot, cited Ms. Haspel’s role in overseeing the torture of detainees in the war on terror. John McCain opposes Gina Haspel nomination for CIA director 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The elder Denton was a Navy aviator who spent almost eight years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam after being shot down in 1965. James S. Denton, journal editor who led programs to advance democracy, dies at 66 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z He completed combat operations off the North Vietnam coast for the Navy, and afterward went to Sierra College and Cal State Sacramento, where he earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. As a young cop, Golden State Killer suspect was aloof, ambitious, 'always serious' 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z DeAngelo served in the Navy and did 22 months of combat operations off the North Vietnam coast during the war, according to local media reports at the time. Golden State Killer suspect lived a quiet suburban life, with flashes of rage and anger 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z He did his Naval training in San Diego before serving in combat on the cruiser Canberra off the coast of North Vietnam. Golden State Killer: Did middle-class life provide suspect a perfect cover? 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z He served 22 months in combat in Vietnam, including duty on the gun line off North Vietnam. Golden State Killer suspect: Vietnam vet failed as a cop then went to work for grocery chain 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Unlike the Vietnam War, where Soviet advisers helping North Vietnam supposedly weren’t directly engaged in combat, the potential clash in Syria would pit Russia directly against the U.S. US, Russia trade rhetoric, edge toward showdown over Syria 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z In the weeks before the 1968 election, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced plans to suspend U.S. bombing of North Vietnam as an attempt to jump-start peace talks in Paris. Anna Chennault, secret Nixon envoy and Washington figure of ‘glamour and mystery,’ dies at 94 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z How Jane Fonda’s trip to North Vietnam earned her the nickname ‘Hanoi Jane’ A ‘Pearl Harbor in politics’: LBJ’s stunning decision not to seek reelection 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Vietnam at the time was torn from years of war, with the Communist North Vietnam battling the U.S.-supported South Vietnam. Auburn man was Marine, CIA operative in Vietnam War 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z The museum finds an uplifting message in that operation, declaring that it brought North Vietnam to the negotiating table, and so hastened the war’s end. Scenes from an American military outpost 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr. McCain, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last year, spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Meghan McCain: Trump won’t personally attack my father again 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z That bore no relationship to victory—North Vietnam quickly replaced its dead soldiers. GE’s flow of financial information has become fantastically muddled 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z In the summer of 1954, Lansdale received orders from CIA headquarters in Washington to investigate intelligence “that three Chinese Communist divisions had crossed the border into North Vietnam.” An excerpt from 'Road Not Taken' 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z He was a junior officer “in harm’s way” as the navigator on a large ammunition ship supplying even-larger attack carriers off North Vietnam. Opinion | Thank you, U.S. Navy, for a great National Gallery of Art director 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z McCain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967. Trump marks Veterans Day in Vietnam 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z In an interview on Sunday marking the 50th anniversary of being shot down over North Vietnam, Mr McCain spoke about his service as a Navy pilot and his experience as a prisoner of war. McCain needles Trump's Vietnam draft dodge 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shared the 1973 prize with North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho for what turned out to be failed efforts to end the Vietnam War. War and the prize: how some Nobel laureates turn away from peace 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z By July 1972, when Fonda accepted an invitation to visit North Vietnam, America had been at war overseas and with itself for years. How Jane Fonda’s 1972 trip to North Vietnam earned her the nickname ‘Hanoi Jane’ 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z American forces left Indochina, communist governments took over South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; and South Vietnam was annexed by North Vietnam. Ken Burns, Lynn Novick series examines ‘the humanity and inhumanity on all sides’ of Vietnam War 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z China warned in 1965 that an American invasion of North Vietnam would bring Chinese intervention, and U.S. troops stayed below the demilitarized zone. Opinion | History shows us how calamitous the North Korea crisis could become 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z But it portrayed the story as a two-sided war between the U.S. and North Vietnam. The Vietnam war: An interview with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shared the 1973 prize with North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho for what turned out to be failed efforts to end the Vietnam War. War and the prize: how some Nobel laureates turn away from peace 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Though China did support North Vietnam in its war against the United States, the last war Vietnam fought was with its large neighbor to the north, when China invaded in 1979. As the U.S. steps back, Vietnamese wonder if China is taking control 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z McCain himself had reached the rank of captain in a decorated military career marked by extensive injuries from torture and more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Navy ship in collision named for McCain’s dad, grandfather 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z At an election campaign appearance in Iowa in 2015, Trump responded to criticism from McCain by denigrating the senator's military service, which included 5 1/2-years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. McCain, once belittled by Trump, hands him big defeat in U.S. healthcare vote 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Like who was leading North Vietnam, what happened with the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and what the remarkable presidential tapes revealed who Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon were. The Vietnam war: An interview with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z But he was bandaged, fed and marched away, through Laos and into North Vietnam. ‘Killed’ in Vietnam and buried with comrades, one Marine returned from the dead 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z One certainty is that it far exceeds the acreage that changed hands during violent upheavals in the 1950s, when the Communist rulers of North Vietnam forcibly redistributed farmland. Property disputes are Vietnam’s biggest political problem 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z What would happen if the bombing of North Vietnam were not to succeed, Mr. Graham asked the hawkish Rusk. Former D.C. Council member Jim Graham has died 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z At an election campaign appearance in Iowa in 2015, Trump responded to criticism from McCain by denigrating the senator's military service, which included 5 1/2-years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. McCain, once belittled by Trump, hands him big defeat in U.S. healthcare vote 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z As in Crosby’s case, it was anti-aircraft artillery that shot down the majority of Navy aircraft over North Vietnam, Goodspeed said. After 5 decades, MIA pilot's wedding ring and bone fragments found in Vietnam fish pond 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Far away, in North Vietnam, the rainy season was on, and Ridgeway was in his seventh month as a POW. ‘Killed’ in Vietnam and buried with comrades, one Marine returned from the dead 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z President Johnson balked and began negotiations with North Vietnam. There’s a problem with trusting the generals to handle war 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z The award was not announced during the six years he was held in North Vietnam, to keep his captors from inflicting additional torture on him and his fellow POWs. Leo Thorsness, Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam, dies at 85 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z One week before the war’s end, Mr. Parker’s best South Vietnamese source, Gen. Tran Van Hai, predicted the April 30 deadline of North Vietnam’s victory. James Parker, CIA’s last Vietnam evacuee, holds bitter memories of fateful day 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z It marks the April 30, 1975 date in which the Republic of Vietnam fell under control of North Vietnam. Springfield to mark anniversary of fall of Saigon 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z While Xuan’s family was unable to stay together, when the last group of Japanese soldiers was asked by communist North Vietnam to leave in 1960, they were allowed to bring their families. Japan emperor's Vietnam visit a sign of improved ties 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z The Nixon White House considered charges against Fonda for her foray to North Vietnam in 1972. Analysis | Michael Flynn has absolutely nothing to fear from the Logan Act 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Late on the night of Aug. 4, 1964, President Johnson delivered a nationally televised address announcing what he described as an attack by North Vietnam on the Navy warships Maddox and Turner Joy. White House whoppers: Six times a president misled the public 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z They insisted that North Vietnam would allow Saigon and the southern Delta to remain under U.S. protection after a cease-fire, he said. James Parker, CIA’s last Vietnam evacuee, holds bitter memories of fateful day 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Early in his presidential campaign, Trump belittled McCain’s six years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Will John McCain lead the loyal opposition? 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z A government official, whom he was not permitted to identify, informed him that North Vietnam was ready to start peace talks if the United States halted its bombing campaign and other acts of war. Bernard Redmont Dies at 98; Told World of North Vietnam’s Call for Peace 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Yet foreign policy elites believed that the United States faced an existential threat: Communism was spreading through Asia, first to China and North Vietnam and then to Laos, and possibly beyond. Trump is feuding with the CIA, but he could end up making it stronger 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z President Kennedy signed off on the use of the material to destroy the cover and cropland of communist guerrillas in North Vietnam in 1961. On an Apache reservation in Arizona, a toxic legacy and a mysterious history of chemical spraying 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z In 1972, from the same pulpit, Cabell denounced U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. Saint Mark’s issues a call to action for marginalized groups 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z In April 1965, he was shot down while flying a mission over North Vietnam and was held as a POW until February 1973. Washington-area obituaries of note 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The first painting, “Earthquake’s Final Flight,” which depicts a CIA plane in May 1954 under fire over North Vietnam, was installed at the agency in 2005. A CIA calendar the CIA gift shop refuses to sell? Yes, and here’s the strange story behind it. 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z In 1972 she traveled to North Vietnam, braving U.S. bombing to visit the so-called “Hanoi Hilton,” a notorious POW site for American soldiers. Jane Fonda leads Hollywood protest against Dakota Access Pipeline 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z President Ho Chi Minh, the communist leader of North Vietnam at that time, made it clear that women were expected to mobilise and fight to unify their country. The Vietnamese women who fought for their country - BBC News 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z The war was lost because Congress drastically reduced aid to South Vietnam while North Vietnam was receiving greatly increased support from its communist patrons. Why South Vietnam was defeated 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Laird initially opposed the resumption of bombing in North Vietnam and the invasion of Cambodia though he later relented. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Laird called for North Vietnam to release the names of prisoners and immediately free the sick and injured. Melvin Laird, Nixon defense secretary at the height of the Vietnam War, dies at 94 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Laird coined the term "Vietnamization" in 1969 to describe a policy of enlarging, equipping and training the forces of U.S. ally South Vietnam to fight the forces of Communist North Vietnam. Ex-Pentagon chief Laird dies, advocated 'Vietnamization' policy 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Scherg was sleeping under a poncho with two other Marines just outside North Vietnam when they were hit by heavy artillery fire. Vietnam veteran in Fond de Lac earns 3 Purple Hearts 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Just days before the election, President Lyndon Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, saying he hoped for fruitful peace negotiations. 2016’s October surprise: Sexting, groping, FBI investigation 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Ignoring State Department prohibitions on travel to North Vietnam, Mr. Hayden arrived in Hanoi on Dec. 21, 1965, and spent much of the next 10 days surveying the destruction caused by U.S. bombs. Tom Hayden, preeminent 1960s political radical and antiwar protester, dies at 76 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Vietnamization also brought home American troops, and it bought time for South Vietnam’s forces to stave off North Vietnam and rebuild themselves. Melvin Laird, Nixon defense secretary at the height of the Vietnam War, dies at 94 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Laird publicly supported Nixon's Vietnam policies but privately opposed the president's 1970 incursion into Cambodia against North Vietnamese sanctuaries and the 1972 resumption of U.S. bombing of North Vietnam and mining of its harbors. Ex-Pentagon chief Laird dies, advocated 'Vietnamization' policy 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z The Vietnam War was raging, and China’s allies in North Vietnam were losing soldiers to the disease. Could Ancient Remedies Hold the Answer to the Looming Antibiotics Crisis? 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z “Soldiers used a gun, but in Hanoi, in North Vietnam, she used her voice,” he said. Trinh Thi Ngo, Broadcaster Called ‘Hanoi Hannah’ in Vietnam War, Dies 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z You cannot run for president and say an American military man who was tortured in a North Vietnam prison camp is no hero. The Trump Mosh Pit 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z During the Paris peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam, Nixon and his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, were muted on the subject of POWs. Melvin Laird, Nixon defense secretary at the height of the Vietnam War, dies at 94 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z On Sept. 17, 1965, Klenda’s squadron was helping attack targets east of Hanoi, in Son Law province, in the country then called North Vietnam. Kansas Air Force pilot missing since 1965 to be buried 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Snaking down North Vietnam and into Laos and Cambodia was the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the route the communist North used to ferry men and materiel into South Vietnam. Five decades later, Vietnam vets remember the bombs the U.S. dropped on Laos 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Her broadcasts aimed at United States forces began in 1965, and she was still on the air in 1975, when North Vietnam captured Saigon, the South Vietnamese capital, and renamed it Ho Chi Minh City. Trinh Thi Ngo, Broadcaster Called ‘Hanoi Hannah’ in Vietnam War, Dies 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The scale of destruction was breathtaking: it was reminiscent of aerial photographs of North Vietnam after it was carpet-bombed by B-52s. An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Both Hillary Clinton, Obama’s main opponent in the Democratic primaries, and McCain, the Republican nominee and a former prisoner of war in North Vietnam, endorsed it. Why Obama Has Failed to Close Guantánamo 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z It drew athletes from 48 nations, including Cuba, North Vietnam and “Arab Palestine.” How we got to the Olympic mess that is the Rio Games 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Someone asked why the United States didn’t just bomb the enemy trucks when they were in North Vietnam, before they got to Laos. Five decades later, Vietnam vets remember the bombs the U.S. dropped on Laos 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Mrs. Ngo, who broadcast in English, was a propaganda weapon for North Vietnam as it battled the United States and the South Vietnamese government. Trinh Thi Ngo, Broadcaster Called ‘Hanoi Hannah’ in Vietnam War, Dies 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z He described his patrols up and down the coast of North Vietnam as a walk in the park for the pilots, while the other three crew members did all the work. North Little Rock resident earns rare aviation honor 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z "The Administration consensus on bombing came at the height of the presidential-election contest between President Johnson and Senator Barry Goldwater, whose advocacy of full-scale air attacks on North Vietnam had become a major issue." Pentagon Papers: Secret Decisions That Altered the Vietnam War 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z In fact, he and the others imprisoned in North Vietnam didn’t consider that kind of stubbornness to be an act of heroism. Memorial Day lessons 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z But he also challenged the billionaire developer to retract comments made last year in which he said McCain was “not a war hero” for having been imprisoned in North Vietnam, offending many military veterans. I don't need Republican unity to win, says new Republican party leader 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z The issue of torture is personal to McCain, who was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for more than five years and badly abused by his captors. Critics of Trump in GOP Senate fact check his foreign policy 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Mr. McCain, after being shot down over North Vietnam, endured 5½ years of torture and solitary confinement as he repeatedly refused offers of liberation unless all of his fellow prisoners would also be freed. Softening on Trump? Remember this. 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The Paris newspaper "France Soir" said the "Times" articles show that "in order to attack North Vietnam" Mr. Johnson "misled Congress." Pentagon Papers: Secret Decisions That Altered the Vietnam War 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z McCain was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for more than five years, an experience that adds weight to his criticism. The influential chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee says the Obama administration's campaign against the Islamic State group is at risk of becoming a grinding failure 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Fred V. Cherry, an Air Force fighter pilot, was downed by enemy fire over North Vietnam in 1965, and he spent more than seven years as a prisoner of war. Fred Cherry, Vietnam POW for seven years, dies at 87 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z “It’s a sovereign nation being invaded by another nation, North Vietnam.” Vietnam in the Middle East: America’s War on Terror is destabilizing the entire region 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The U.S. dropped more bombs in the Vietnam War than in World War II, but North Vietnam prevailed anyway. Why Air Power Alone Won’t Beat ISIS 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The Nov. 20, 1970 raid was intended to rescue dozens of American prisoners of war believed held at a camp in what was then North Vietnam. New Mexico base to hold ceremony on anniversary of POW raid 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z According to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, when the bombing of North Vietnam finally started up again, Kissinger “expressed enthusiasm at the size of the bomb craters.” Henry Kissinger’s genocidal legacy: Vietnam, Cambodia and the birth of American militarism 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z In 1965, he made a speech in Philadelphia calling on the United States to pause its bombing campaign in North Vietnam as the first step toward a peace deal. Canada’s best role: Perpetual sidekick 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The bombings were conducted in total secrecy and were falsely designated as attacks on North Vietnam. They died for Henry Kissinger’s “credibility”: The real history of our Vietnam immorality 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Americans of a certain age know the story of Admiral James Stockdale, the Navy pilot who was shot down over North Vietnam and imprisoned and tortured for more than seven years. Home Front Hero 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, Mrs. Stockdale organized military wives who demanded the U.S. government pressure North Vietnam to abide by the Geneva Conventions. Sybil Stockdale, fervent advocate for Vietnam POWs, dies at 90 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Stockdale organized military wives who demanded the U.S. government pressure North Vietnam to abide by the Geneva Convention. Sybil Stockdale, Navy wife who fought to end torture of POWs in Vietnam, dies at age 90 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Kissinger, in an interview, told Woodward he agreed with the conclusion that years of bombing North Vietnam had failed, and he recalled that Nixon was frustrated. Secret archive offers fresh insight into Nixon presidency 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Kissinger’s ostensible peace goals were twofold: that North Vietnamese troops leave South Vietnam at the point of armistice, and that North Vietnam respect South Vietnam’s independence after America’s withdrawal. They died for Henry Kissinger’s “credibility”: The real history of our Vietnam immorality 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z In July, at another gathering of evangelicals in Iowa, Mr. Trump said Mr. McCain was “not a war hero” because he was captured in North Vietnam. Donald Trump Tells Evangelicals He Handled Obama Ethnicity Question Better Than John McCain 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z He was 24 and a first lieutenant in the Air Force when he took off in an F-4 Phantom fighter jet for a mission over North Vietnam. Your Friday Briefing 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z As Johnson settled into office, the briefs became heavy with intelligence from Vietnam, and by the fall of 1967, a section titled "Special Daily Report on North Vietnam" was added. Thousands of daily CIA intelligence memos to presidents Kennedy, Johnson made public 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z On everyone’s mind is the resumption of the widespread bombing of North Vietnam. Secret archive offers fresh insight into Nixon presidency 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The objective of the raids was to destroy North Vietnam’s political and military headquarters—the Central Office for South Vietnam—and in this it failed. They died for Henry Kissinger’s “credibility”: The real history of our Vietnam immorality 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Communist East Germany also took on temporary workers from "fraternal socialist countries", including North Vietnam, Cuba and Mozambique, but, with the exception of the Vietnamese, most returned after German reunification. Migrant crisis: What next for Germany's asylum seekers? - BBC News 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z McCain was shot down over North Vietnam and spent more than five agonizing years as a prisoner of war. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The lieutenant commander had been flying for months, conducting targeted strikes on North Vietnam. What Donald Trump was up to while John McCain was a prisoner of war 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The “zilch” note was followed in February by orders for intensified bombing of North Vietnam. Secret archive offers fresh insight into Nixon presidency 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Donald Trump never got shot flying in a bombing raid over North Vietnam. Donald Trump and the people who want to vote for him 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z McCain spent over five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam after his plane was shot down. John McCain Says Donald Trump Owes Veterans an Apology 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z A day earlier, Trump said McCain, a Navy pilot who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, was “only a war hero because he was captured.” GOP fears unapologetic Donald Trump will alienate crucial voters 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z McCain was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967 and suffered a broken leg and two broken arms while ejecting from his fighter jet. Trump belittles McCain’s war service, sparking stern Republican backlash 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z In fact, while Nixon and Kissinger were talking to the Chinese, Beijing’s shipments of arms to North Vietnam were increasing. Don’t expect Iran to change overnight 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z McCain’s plane was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967 and he spent five and a half years in captivity, subject to repeated torture. Rick Perry redoubles attack on Donald Trump for John McCain remarks 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z “He’s a war hero because he was captured,” Trump said in Iowa, referring to McCain, an Arizona Republican who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Donald Trump mocks John McCain's military record as war hero, drawing swift GOP rebukes 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z McCain was held prisoner by North Vietnam for five and a half years, and repeatedly tortured. Donald Trump hits 'new low in US politics' in attack on McCain war record 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Aerial bombing in Afghanistan has been minuscule and precise compared with the carpet bombing of North Vietnam, Japan, or Germany. Violence in the Age of Terror 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z At various times during the fighting in Southeast Asia, she visited North Vietnam, was arrested at the Pentagon and proclaimed her refusal to pay taxes to support the war. Jane B. Hart, strong-minded wife of senator, dies at 93 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z In Vietnam, the insurgents were fed arms, supplies and even fighters from North Vietnam through nearby Laos and Cambodia. In Iraq, lessons of Vietnam still resonate 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z It’s a powerful film, but its brief historical setup, which blames only North Vietnam for violating the 1973 Paris Peace Accords’ ceasefire when all sides did so, protects American viewers from recognizing their country’s guilt. Another View of Vietnam Veterans 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Historians continue to disagree about reasons for the defeat of democratic aspirations in South Vietnam at the hands of the communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Vietnam lesson endures, 40 years later 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Less than two months before, the communist forces of North Vietnam attacked in the highlands north of Saigon. Eyewitness to the Fall of Saigon 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Thailand, immediately under the Communist gun, is ordering U.S. forces out of the country and cozying up to China and North Vietnam. From the Archives: The End in Vietnam 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Before, during and after working for TIME, he was an intelligence officer for the Communist North Vietnam. The Surprising Story of the Spy who Worked for TIME 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The targets were North Vietnamese troops — especially along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a large part of which passed through Laos — as well as North Vietnam’s Laotian Communist allies. One Woman’s Mission to Free Laos From Millions of Unexploded Bombs 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z By pinning down North Vietnam during the 1960s and 70s, he said, the U.S. bought much of the rest of Southeast Asia time to develop and ward off communism. 'Father of Singapore' Lee Kuan Yew Dies at 91 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Sometime in the near future, the final paper stated, the United States would begin a sustained bombing campaign in North Vietnam, accompanied by “appropriate US deployments to handle any contingency.” Why Mar. 7, 1965, Was the End of an Era 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Kissinger – who won a Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating with North Vietnam the 1973 cease-fire agreement that supposedly ended the Vietnam War – warned at a news conference in Washington of trouble yet to come. From the Archives: The End in Vietnam 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Kissinger was either engaging in an enormous falsehood, or else was totally deluded, when he declared, “Peace is at hand,” before signing the accord with the North Vietnam negotiator Le Duc Tho. Vietnam War: 50-Years Anniversaries Piling Up 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Thus Vidal knew that Buckley had, among other things, supported nuking North Vietnam and Red China, and he called him “a bloodthirsty neurotic,” among other ad hominem insults for it. When Conservatives and Liberals Threw Punches From that I got invited to go to North Vietnam. 'There Was All This Chaos': Vietnam-Era Antiwar Activists Reflect 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Fonda drew the ire of many Americans when she visited North Vietnam at the height of the Vietnam War in 1972. Jane Fonda event protested by Vietnam veterans: ‘I’m a convenient target’ 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z U.S. experts predicted that North Vietnam, after masterminding victories in Cambodia and South Vietnam, now will retreat temporarily into its shell to pull things together. From the Archives: The End in Vietnam 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z By the end of year, which featured daily bombings of North Vietnam, 184,000 of our soldiers were fighting in Vietnam. 50 Years Ago, the State of the Union Actually Meant Something 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z In August 1964, Congress authorized the use of force against North Vietnam in the wake of a purported attack on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. Top 10 Anniversaries in 2015 Navy pilot and father of seven was shot down over North Vietnam. Ten Americans Who Died in 2014 Who Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy “She encouraged North Vietnam to pull away from the negotiations table,” he told the News-Post. Jane Fonda event protested by Vietnam veterans: ‘I’m a convenient target’ 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z All of our POWs in North Vietnam spilled their guts under torture. Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z McCain’s plane was shot down over North Vietnam, and he endured nearly six years of torture at what the POWs sarcastically called “the Hanoi Hilton.” When Torture Backfires: What the Vietcong Learned and the CIA Didn’t In early 1975, North Vietnam launched a major military offensive, and South Vietnamese forces quickly retreated. Top 10 Anniversaries in 2015 A Navy pilot during the Vietnam War, McCain was shot down over North Vietnam, held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi and tortured before his captors released him six years later. Ex-CIA interrogation chief warns of betrayal 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Broughton labeled Johnson and McNamara as “Washington weenies” and asserted that pilots and other aviators died because they were prohibited from hitting antiaircraft emplacements and other “sanctuary” sites in North Vietnam. Jack Broughton, Vietnam combat hero turned military critic, dies at 89 Weaponry that killed young Americans entered North Vietnam from an armada of Soviet ships offloading tanks, AK-47s, bullets — everything. Ways to defeat the Islamic State The year before, the United States and North Vietnam reached a cease-fire in the Vietnam War. Internationally, Obama must be feared as well as admired His job was to fly a naval A-7A Corsair II light attack bomber over North Vietnam and drop bombs on specific targets. Reunion with aircraft brings good, bad memories 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z In 1971, almost two years after U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon, news of the lunar landing reached the POWs in North Vietnam. James F. Bell, a Navy officer who spent seven years as a POW in Vietnam, dies at 83 The Ho Chi Minh Trail, used by North Vietnam to supply Viet Cong fighters in South Vietnam, ran through the area, which was also roamed by communist guerrillas known as the Pathet Lao. Fred Branfman, who exposed secret U.S. bombing of Laos, dies at 72 Air Force major who was shot down while flying a mission in North Vietnam in 1968. Rally set to bring home remains of Air Force major 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z On 5 August he was part of a bombing mission over North Vietnam sent in retaliation after a reported North Vietnamese attack a day earlier on two US destroyers. The PoW who built a $180m business 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z After Nixon was impeached, North Vietnam launched a major attack on the South, and streamed down the coast largely unabated. Review: ‘Last Days of Vietnam’ shows Saigon’s fall 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z In 1970, 56 U.S. troops raided North Vietnam’s Son Tay prison camp to rescue the estimated 55 U.S. The Rescue That Wasn't 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Richard Nixon was ordering a break-in at the Brookings Institution, a think tank, to seize material concerning U.S. diplomacy regarding North Vietnam during the closing weeks of the 1968 presidential campaign. Richard Nixon’s long shadow Late in the 1968 presidential campaign, President Johnson, having forsworn another term, was ready to halt the bombing of North Vietnam to try to revive peace negotiations. Book Review: ‘Chasing Shadows’ and ‘The Nixon Tapes’ He’d pledged to end the conflict “with honor” but pretty much knew that it was hopeless, even as protests grew louder and he tried to bomb North Vietnam into submission. Remembering Richard Nixon’s Resignation 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z While it officially supported South Vietnam, this did not deter it from conducting significant trade with North Vietnam. The EU's New Russia Sanctions Look Tough, But How Rigorously Will They Be Enforced? 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z LBJ announced that he was limiting American bombing of North Vietnam—and would stop it completely if Hanoi could convince him that this would lead to prompt, productive peace talks. “You could blackmail LBJ”: The other Nixon scandal behind the Watergate scandal 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z And although he had a distinguished post-Vietnam War career, he is perhaps best known for defiant resistance to his captors after his jet was shot down over North Vietnam in 1965. Jeremiah Denton, admiral, senator and defiant Vietnam POW, is buried in Arlington He thought “escalation”was the key to victory, that the gradual application of increasing U.S. military power would force North Vietnam, the mastermind and supplier of the rebels in the South, to cry uncle. Robert McNamara Gave Us The Vietnam Disaster; Hank Paulson, the Financial Version of That Debacle 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Saigon fell to North Vietnam, and South Vietnam ceased to exist, 762 days later, after the U.S. Pentagon Sending a Message to Iraq by Dragging Its Boots 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z About a year and a half after U.S. troops left, North Vietnam embarked on what it thought would be a two-year offensive to overrun the South and decisively win the war. Congress should make itself heard about U.S. troops in Iraq Like 1968′s Tet offensive launched by North Vietnam again South Vietnam, it doesn’t need to occupy the capital in order to achieve a symbolic victory. What's the Pentagon Endgame in Iraq? 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z North Vietnam refused to negotiate for anything short of total victory with good reason. An Age Of Realism: Nixon, Kissinger, And The Limits Of Power 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z It is not yet clear whether Sergeant Bergdahl was tortured by his captors, as were many prisoners of war in North Vietnam. Mentally, G.I. Has Long Path Back to Idaho 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z He reported from the Soviet Union when few Western reporters were permitted there and later from North Vietnam and Cambodia. William Worthy, defiant journalist, dies at 92 “Ukraine should get on with its own affairs,” said one man, a retired 63-year-old sailor, who regaled a reporter with memories of delivering supplies to North Vietnam in 1967 and the war there. Merkel and Hollande Send Russia a Warning 2014-05-10T21:06:44Z While North Vietnam didn’t prevail in Tet, the fact that it was able to attack Saigon left the taste of defeat in the South. What's the Pentagon Endgame in Iraq? 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Renewed relations with China restrained the U.S.S.R, and placed more pressure on North Vietnam to negotiate a settlement. An Age Of Realism: Nixon, Kissinger, And The Limits Of Power 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z North Vietnam was the “enemy,” but the people of South Vietnam were the primary targets. The burden of atrocity: How Vietnam was exposed as a “dirty war” 2014-05-02T22:57:00Z From 1965 to 1968, as we have seen, the United States had rained bombs on North Vietnam in Operation Rolling Thunder. The next attack: “An explosive-stuffed model airplane guided by GPS” 2014-01-12T13:00:00Z He returned to North Vietnam in 1991 as part of a three-week humanitarian medical mission, mainly out of curiosity about what had become of it. Edwin A. Shuman III, Former Prisoner of War Who Defied Hanoi Hilton Guards, Dies at 82 2013-12-24T15:10:37Z President Nixon’s diplomacy ended 30 years of deadly tensions with China, which included Beijing’s arming, aiding and sending troops to North Vietnam. The Iran Deal Paves An Important Path to Dipolomacy 2013-11-25T18:36:57Z Nixon got North Vietnam to agree to a ceasefire that ultimately amounted to a two-year reprieve for South Vietnam. An Age Of Realism: Nixon, Kissinger, And The Limits Of Power 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z He was North Vietnam's defence minister at the time of the Tet Offensive against American forces in 1968, often cited as a key campaign that led to the Americans' withdrawal. Vietnam war leader General Giap dies 2013-10-04T18:53:04Z Instead, Gen. Giap and other moderates preferred to build up the North Vietnam economy and gradually wear down the enemy by engaging in a protracted, guerrilla-style and political campaign. Vietnamese Military Mastermind Dies 2013-10-05T00:38:58Z Then Mr. Lewandowski had a frank talk with Pham Van Dong, North Vietnam’s prime minister, and was startled to hear him say the Americans would be easier to defeat than the French. Janusz Lewandowski, 82, Polish Peace Envoy in Vietnam, Dies 2013-09-03T00:10:09Z Ho, who was president of North Vietnam, died at 79 in September 1969 with the war still far from resolved. In pictures: Changing face of Vietnam 2013-08-22T00:19:43Z On Aug. 26, 1967, he was on a mission to knock out a surface-to-air missile site 20 miles inside North Vietnam when his F-100 was hit by antiaircraft fire. Col. Bud Day, Vietnam War Hero, Dies at 88 2013-07-28T18:21:56Z The US Air Force was bombing North Vietnam because they wanted to stop the North Vietnamese communists from supporting the insurgency in South Vietnam led by the Viet Cong. Could one man have shortened the Vietnam War? 2013-07-08T23:58:05Z The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized America to use military force against North Vietnam. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z “The Americans have great power,” Mr. Lewandowski responded, he recalled years later, and pointed out the obvious: the escalating American bombing campaign in North Vietnam. Janusz Lewandowski, 82, Polish Peace Envoy in Vietnam, Dies 2013-09-03T00:10:09Z During the height of the long war, Fonda traveled to North Vietnam, visited with the enemy and was widely vilified. Senate Confirms John Brennan to Head the CIA 2013-03-07T21:20:26Z Veterans of the Pathet Lao, the guerrilla movement that fought alongside North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, dominate a government that keeps its distance from Washington. China Builds a Railroad, and Laos Bears the Cost 2013-01-01T17:24:32Z At least 30 US airmen were killed and more than 20 went missing in action, others were captured after ejecting over North Vietnam. Remembering the Christmas bombing of Hanoi 2012-12-24T23:57:13Z As a history schoolteacher in North Vietnam in 1960 - at the height of the Cold War - he was teaching a dangerous subject. Vietnam dissident poet Thien dies 2012-10-03T17:27:01Z North Vietnam termed the attacks “piratical” and “savage.” Janusz Lewandowski, 82, Polish Peace Envoy in Vietnam, Dies 2013-09-03T00:10:09Z South Vietnam eventually fell to North Vietnam, but with no consequences to us other than the high price we had paid to help a friend who in some ways would not be helped. Lessons from the Vietnam war 2012-09-19T01:07:36Z On Thursday, a ceremony was held at the Danang airport where the defoliant was stored before being sprayed over forests hiding fighters from the Viet Cong, guerrillas backed by the Communist government of North Vietnam. US begins Agent Orange clean-up 2012-08-09T08:26:06Z The biggest ever bombing campaign by US B-52 bombers took place over Christmas 40 years ago, when the US dropped 20,000 tonnes of explosives on North Vietnam. Remembering the Christmas bombing of Hanoi 2012-12-24T23:57:13Z He was first jailed in Communist North Vietnam in 1960, after challenging a history textbook that attributed Japan's defeat in World War II to the Soviet Union, rather than the US. Vietnam dissident poet Thien dies 2012-10-03T17:27:01Z North Vietnam, Mr. Dong told him, was now willing to make significant concessions. Janusz Lewandowski, 82, Polish Peace Envoy in Vietnam, Dies 2013-09-03T00:10:09Z The inability of the U.S. to stop the flow of men and materiel from flooding a nation the U.S. is trying to build led to ask: hey, is Pakistan the new North Vietnam? Marine General: Why Afghanistan Is Like Vietnam 2012-04-25T21:05:22Z And as antiwar demonstrations swept the country, he and Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford helped persuade the president to scale back the bombing of North Vietnam. Harry C. McPherson Jr., Counsel to L.B.J., Dies at 82 2012-02-18T04:16:36Z China also wants to upgrade grave sites in Laos, where, starting in 1968, 269 soldiers were killed supporting North Vietnam, according to official military histories cited by Southern Weekly. Letter from China: China Honors Its War Dead, but Quietly 2011-10-19T12:01:03Z He was the American military adviser to the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization and oversaw the American bombing campaign against North Vietnam, including missions into Cambodia and Laos. Adm. Noel Gayler, Leader in the Pacific, Dies at 96 2011-07-21T04:01:48Z “I omitted them because I thought that Nixon would use the release as an excuse for breaking off negotiations with North Vietnam,” he said in an interview. After 40 Years, the Complete Pentagon Papers 2011-06-08T01:00:55Z As is well known, the senator was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for more than five years, during which time he suffered both physical and psychological torture. McCain: Torture didn't lead us to bin Laden 2011-05-12T15:51:00Z Most of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the serpentine route that North Vietnam used to funnel supplies southward, ran through Laotian territory. William Young, Helped U.S. Organize Secret War in Laos, Is Dead at 76 2011-04-03T17:45:38Z "What has been said is that President Nixon went outside the chain of command and authorized military action" in the form of bombings against North Vietnam between November 1971 and February 1972. Effort to restore honor of Vietnam-era general hits resistance 2010-12-16T13:05:00Z The fruit of Mr. Lockwood’s 28-day visit, a long, heavily illustrated essay titled “North Vietnam Under Siege,” was published as the cover article of the April 7, 1967, edition of Life magazine. Lee Lockwood Dies at 78; Captured Life Under Communism 2010-08-07T22:48:00Z Multiple investigations by the Pentagon and Congress concluded that the four-star commander had ordered unauthorized bombing missions in North Vietnam and then tried to cover them up. Honor restored for general blamed after Nixon denied authorizing Vietnam bombing 2010-08-05T04:00:00Z Finally, I reached the lowest point of my 5½ years in North Vietnam. McCain: Torture didn't lead us to bin Laden 2011-05-12T15:51:00Z Many historians say that President Johnson might have found reason to escalate military action against North Vietnam even without the Tonkin Gulf crisis, and that he apparently had his own doubts. Senate Records Show Doubts on ?64 Vietnam Crisis 2010-07-15T01:59:00Z According to a tape of the conversation, Nixon said he wanted his military commanders to expand the rules of engagement for airstrikes in North Vietnam, but to do so in secret. Effort to restore honor of Vietnam-era general hits resistance 2010-12-16T13:05:00Z In 1967, at the height of the Vietnam War, Mr. Lockwood was the first outside photographer in more than a decade to be allowed into North Vietnam. Lee Lockwood Dies at 78; Captured Life Under Communism 2010-08-07T22:48:00Z With many lawmakers and voters already uneasy about the war, he wasn't about to admit that he had secretly given permission to escalate bombing in North Vietnam. Honor restored for general blamed after Nixon denied authorizing Vietnam bombing 2010-08-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Wirtz was nearly forced out when he clashed publicly with Johnson by speaking out against the bombing of North Vietnam. W. Willard Wirtz, Former Labor Chief, Dies at 98 2010-04-26T01:36:00Z Says Mr. Morgan: "It is entirely possible that the life of the future president of North Vietnam was saved by an American medic." The French Connection 2010-02-20T00:07:00Z At the time, peace talks were underway and rules of engagement prohibited pilots from firing on targets in North Vietnam unless they were under attack or tracked by radar. Effort to restore honor of Vietnam-era general hits resistance 2010-12-16T13:05:00Z Partly in response to Mr. Lockwood’s article, the State Department accused North Vietnam of brainwashing American prisoners to elicit antiwar statements from them. Lee Lockwood Dies at 78; Captured Life Under Communism 2010-08-07T22:48:00Z The mining of Haiphong Harbor, although initiated late in the war, was equally effective in immediately stopping shipping in and out of North Vietnam. Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance Then, little more than 6 years ago, North Vietnam decided on conquest. State of the Union Address For 20 days now we and our Vietnamese allies have dropped no bombs in North Vietnam. State of the Union Address He pointed to other White House tapes and government records that demonstrate that Nixon and Kissinger desperately wanted to avoid bombings in North Vietnam before the president's historic trip to China in February 1972. Effort to restore honor of Vietnam-era general hits resistance 2010-12-16T13:05:00Z We are in Vietnam because an international agreement signed by the United States, North Vietnam, and others in 1962 is being systematically violated by the Communists. State of the Union Address We are there because the people of South Vietnam have as much right to remain non-Communist—if that is what they choose—as North Vietnam has to remain Communist. State of the Union Address Thus. we began limited air action against military targets in North Vietnam. State of the Union Address The prospects, I think, for peace are better today than at any time since North Vietnam began its invasion with its regular forces more than 4 years ago. State of the Union Address |
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