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Sep.08.2010
Could Viet Nam be America’s New Counterweight to China? When Hillary Clinton told the ASEAN regional forum in Hanoi last July that it was in the United States’ interest that sovereignty issues in the Eastern Sea be settled by negotiations, not force, it sent a shockwave through the region. Unlike...
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Jul.08.2009
McNamara Died Without Finding the Right Equation for the Vietnam WarNew America Media, Commentary, Thi Quang Lam, Posted: Jul 09, 2009
To the end, Robert McNamara, one of the chief architects of the Vietnam War, was a confused and tortured man wrestling with his conscience. He was known as a “...
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Mar.08.2009
Setting the Record Straight on South VietnamWords From the Wise -- a regular column from NAM's Ethnic Elders News BeatCommentary, Lam Quang Thi, as told to Andrew Lam, his son, and editor of New America Media.
Editor's Note: Born in the Mekong Delta in 1932 to a wealthy land-owning family, Thi...
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About Thi
Born in the Mekong Delta in 1932 to a wealthy land-owning family, Thi Quang Lam spent 25 years in the army and rose to the rank of lieutenant general by the time the Vietnam war ended. In Vietnam, he obtained a French baccalaureate in French philosophy and...