Forty-seven volumes cover U.S. involvement in Indochina from World War II through May 1968, the month the peace talks began in Paris. ... Johnson summarizing the situation in Vietnam as very disturbing. ... A second major segment of the Johnson administration's covert war against North Vietnam was air operations in Laos, where a force of propeller-driven North American T-28 fighter-bombers had been organized. ... Was the clandestine war of 1964 outlined in the Pentagon Papers successful? Apparently not, for in February 1965, Operation Rolling Thunder--the sustained air war--was ordered to...

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It also had a major but not decisive impact on the 1952 Geneva conference, clearing the way for the division of Vietnam along the 17th parallel; which in turn would lead to the creation of the National liberation front against the corrupt Diem regime, inevitably catalysing the 2nd Indochina war into play. ... Furthermore, the French public support and faith was sapped and the French Communist Party against the war gained momentum. ... The resounding victory for Ho and his Vietminh enhanced their status within Vietnam and fuelled their commitment to go on to establishes a united and independe...

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Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. ... The fall of South Vietnam was such a haunting experience to Vietnamese refugees who had to flee their fallen homeland. ... Indeed, the end of the Vietnam War sparked the beginning of Little Saigons, with the great effort and contribution of the first wave refugees. ... In an interview with my grandfather, Binh Le, a marine in Viet...

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