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Thomas R. Belfield University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Geography. MA. A Bibliographical Exposition of the Wars on Vietnam 1945 -1975. See: ALT (always more info there) “Americans ignore history.” ― Frances FitzGerald

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Nguyễn Ðức Thọ, 24 December 1972, Hanoi. "Tiểu Ðoàn Ðạn Tên Lửa Báo Ðộng Chiến Ðấu Bảo Vệ Hà Nội (Missile battalion at war alert in defence of Hanoi)." Graphite pencil on machine made paper. Collection of National Gallery Singapore.

Nguyễn Ðức Thọ Article Talk Read Edit View history Appearance hide Text Small Standard Large Width Standard Wide Color Automatic Light Dark From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nguyễn Ðức Thọ (20 September 1945) is a Vietnamese artist who was a North Vietnamese war artist whose career spanned the Second Indochina War (also known as the Vietnam War). He was born in Hà Nam Province into a family with strong ties to the revolution against French colonialism. His mother and father donated fabric and bicycles to the Việt Minh.[1] After studying the intermediate art course at the Vietnam Fine Arts College, he joined the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in May 1965 during the heightened American bombing campaign of Operation Linebacker. First serving as a regular soldier in a missile unit, he was later sent to the Soviet Union for training and education on missile systems as a soldier and engineer. He became a war artist after his unit recognized his talent for art, and due to the army's natural demand for art. He was in charge of making banners, decorating meeting halls and drawing propaganda posters for his unit. However, he also made images for purely documentary purposes. His paintings were shown in many divisional exhibitions and published in Quân Đội Nhân Dân (‘People’s Army’ newspaper).[2] Many of his images involved scenes of anti-aircraft defenses. He was able to draw in many famous locations, including the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Highway 9, Khe Sanh, the Second Battle of Quảng Trị and eventually in Saigon in 1975 during and after liberation.[3] He graduated from the Vietnam Fine Arts College in 1976. In the same year, his painting Evening on the Red River was given to the Cuban government.[4]
Dispatches from Pác Bó@thomasbelfield54.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is interesting because in South Vietnam there was one assassination, four unsuccessful coups, and four successful coups, and various mutinies from 1955 -1965. All taking place under increasing American involvement in the war. Saigon and other urban centers was the extent of Republic of VN.

Dissent Magazine@dissentmag.bsky.social · 3d ago

Though published over half a century ago, Ruth First’s observations about the phenomenon of coups in postcolonial Africa in “The Barrel of a Gun” could equally apply to the present.

Sarah Emily Duff@sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 3d ago

‘The Barrel of a Gun presents the case for how Europe politically underdeveloped Africa. The hierarchical nature of African states left few institutions and mechanisms for popular participation, making coups an appealing option to short-circuit the political process.’ By @christopherjlee.bsky.social

How Europe Politically Underdeveloped Africa - Dissent Magazine

In a renewed period of coups across the African continent, Ruth First’s analysis in The Barrel of a Gun remains as timely as ever.

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Dispatches from Pác Bó@thomasbelfield54.bsky.social · 2d ago

DANG THUY TRAM was a Vietnamese doctor who volunteered at the age of twenty-four to work in a Vietcong battlefield hospital in the Quan Ngai province. In the two years she worked in the hospital before her death in 1970, she recorded all she saw and felt in the pages of her diary.

DANG THUY TRAM was a Vietnamese doctor who volunteered at the age of twenty-four to work in a Vietcong battlefield hospital in the Quan Ngai province. In the two years she worked in the hospital before her death in 1970, she recorded all she saw and felt in the pages of her diary. FRANCES FITZGERALD covered the Vietnam War for The New Yorker. Her resulting book, Fire in the Lake, received the Pulitzer Prize.