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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on Feb 24, 2024 21:11:16 GMT
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Post by hibernicus on Feb 25, 2024 21:11:50 GMT
The bit about the strategic hamlets being an expression of Catholic doctrine sounds a bit odd - I would have thought it reflected standard counterinsurgency techniques as used e.g. by the British in Malaya. Diem was certainly overthrown at JFK's behest; how far his claim that he didn't want him killed can be taken seriously is up to you. There is certainly a school of thought which argues that Diem was maligned and the US should have stuck with him, not least because his military successors were widely seen as US puppets. I don't know how widely it is favoured. One possibility might be that Pearce and his source assume Diem's professed intentions produced corresponding results, and part of the problem is that the issue is involved with arguments about the viability of contemporary US counterinsurgency: www.eiu.edu/historia/Historia2009Shidler.pdf
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