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National Security Archive: Kennedy Considered Supporting Coup in S. Vietnam

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A fascinating look into recently declassified tapes and documents that traced President John Kennedy's thinking on whether the United States should support a military coup against South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in the summer of 1963. Find copies of the documents and audio files of meetings where the options were discussed.

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military coup, kennedy and the vietnam war, national security archive: kennedy considered supporting coup in s. vietnam, president ngo dinh diem, secretary of defense robert mcnamara, south vietnam, vietnam war, william colby, escalation of the vietnam war, going to war in vietnam, 1961-1963
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)