Commemorating Saigon, 11 December 1961:: A date on the dark side of history

Dan Clayton

Commemorating Saigon, 11 December 1961: A date on the dark side of history

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US helicopters and their crews arrived in Saigon on December 11 1961, ostensibly to take South Vietnamese troops deep into the jungle to wage what US advisors deemed to be a new kind of war: guerrilla warfare. Many see this event as the start of the Vietnam War.

Original language	English
Journal	Open Democracy
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2011

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Commemorating Saigon, 11 December 1961: A date on the dark side of history

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