Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Triumph Forsaken
- Southeast Asia
- Map of Indochina
- Map of South Vietnam (Communist)
- Map of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam)
- 1 Heritage
- 2 Two Vietnams: July 1954–December 1955
- 3 Peaceful Coexistence: 1956–1959
- 4 Insurgency: 1960
- 5 Commitment: 1961
- 6 Rejuvenation: January–June 1962
- 7 Attack: July–December 1962
- 8 The Battle of Ap Bac: January 1963
- 9 Diem on Trial: February–July 1963
- 10 Betrayal: August 1963
- 11 Self-Destruction: September–November 2, 1963
- 12 The Return of the Twelve Warlords: November 3–December 1963
- 13 Self-Imposed Restrictions: January–July 1964
- 14 Signals: August–October 1964
- 15 Invasion: November–December 1964
- 16 The Prize for Victory: January–May 1965
- 17 Decision: June–July 1965
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Notes
- Index
- Plate section
1 - Heritage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Triumph Forsaken
- Southeast Asia
- Map of Indochina
- Map of South Vietnam (Communist)
- Map of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam)
- 1 Heritage
- 2 Two Vietnams: July 1954–December 1955
- 3 Peaceful Coexistence: 1956–1959
- 4 Insurgency: 1960
- 5 Commitment: 1961
- 6 Rejuvenation: January–June 1962
- 7 Attack: July–December 1962
- 8 The Battle of Ap Bac: January 1963
- 9 Diem on Trial: February–July 1963
- 10 Betrayal: August 1963
- 11 Self-Destruction: September–November 2, 1963
- 12 The Return of the Twelve Warlords: November 3–December 1963
- 13 Self-Imposed Restrictions: January–July 1964
- 14 Signals: August–October 1964
- 15 Invasion: November–December 1964
- 16 The Prize for Victory: January–May 1965
- 17 Decision: June–July 1965
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Notes
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
from all directions, from hanoi and from the surrounding countryside, several hundred thousand Vietnamese converged on a large square called the Place Puginier, next to the French Governor's palace. At that square, they had been told, they could hear the man who had suddenly claimed to be the leader of all Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh arrived at the Place Puginier in a black American automobile. He was supposed to speak to the throng at 2:00 p.m., but he arrived several minutes late because the streets of Hanoi were jammed with pedestrians heading toward the square. Having no dress clothes of his own, Ho was wearing a faded khaki suit and a high-collared jacket that he had borrowed from an acquaintance, and atop his head was a pith helmet. Men in suits waved small red flags with gold stars and a band played marches as he headed towards a high wooden platform in the center of the square. Just a few weeks earlier, the Viet Minh had taken over the city from a Japanese occupation force, which had largely stopped functioning after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but Viet Minh leaders still feared that the Japanese might interfere with this momentous event. For that reason, armed Viet Minh guards hovered around the platform and the rest of the square.
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- Triumph ForsakenThe Vietnam War, 1954–1965, pp. 1 - 31Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006