Vietnam: A Television History
Season 1 • Episode 3: America's Mandarin: 1954-63 • Watch with subtitles
Episode 3: America's Mandarin: 1954-63
October 11, 1983 • 60 min
With a goal of stopping the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, America replaced France in South Vietnam -- supporting autocratic President Ngo Dinh Diem until his own generals turned against him in a coup that brought political chaos to Saigon.
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