VIET CONG

vēĕtˈ kông, officially Viet Nam Cong San [Vietnamese Communists], People's Liberation Armed Forces in South Vietnam. The term was originally applied by Diem's regime to Communist troops (about 10,000) left in hideouts in South Vietnam after the Geneva Conference of 1954, following the French Indochina War (1946–54). Most Communist troops, according to the agreements, had withdrawn to North Vietnam. Supported and later directed by North Vietnam, the Viet Cong first tried subversive tactics to overthrow the South Vietnamese regime, then resorted to open warfare (see Vietnam War). They were subsequently reinforced by huge numbers of North Vietnamese troops infiltrating south, and aided in the reunification of Vietnam following the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975.

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books on: Viet Cong  - 1148 results

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1.
Viet Cong at Wounded Knee: The Trail of a Blackfeet Activist
Book by Woody Kipp; University of Nebraska Press, 2004
Subjects: Indian Veterans--Montana--Cut Bank--Biography, Kipp, Woody, Piegan Indians--Biography, Piegan Indians--Civil Rights, Piegan Indians--Social Conditions, Wounded Knee (S.D.)--History--Indian Occupation, 1973
...though bigger. You same same Tliet Cong. My fellow marines pointedly brought...motherfuckin Chinaman I ever did see. The Viet- namese didnt seem so strange to me...to go easy on the beer. If the Viet Cong were to attempt to overrun the airbase...
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People's War, People's Army: The Viet Cong Insurrection Manual for Underdeveloped Countries
Book by Vo Nguyen Giap; Praeger, 1962
Subjects: Indochinese War, 1946-1954, Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--History
...Giaps military strategy; to this day, the Vietminh called Viet Cong by the South Vietnamese has devoted considerable effort...Giang, Les grandes dates du parti de la classe ouvriere du Viet-Nam Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1960...
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The War for South Viet Nam, 1954-1975
Book by Anthony James Joes; Praeger, 1990
Subjects: Vietnam--History--1945-1975, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
...word of explanation, whereas the Viet Cong almost always provided an elaborate...kill some person or family. 34 The Viet Cong would often induce nature, or even...to punish a whole village, the Viet Cong would fire at a passing ARVN unit...
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The War for South Viet Nam, 1954-1975
Book by Anthony James Joes; Praeger, 2001
Subjects: Vietnam--History--1945-1975, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
...word of explanation, whereas the Viet Cong almost always provided an elaborate...kill some person or family. 34 The Viet Cong would often induce nature, or even...to punish a whole village, the Viet Cong would fire at a passing ARVN unit...
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The Viet Nam War/The American War: Images and Representations in Euro-American and Vietnamese Exile Narratives
Book by Renny Christopher; University of Massachusetts Press, 1995
Subjects: American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Exiles--Vietnam--Biography--History And Criticism, Literature, Comparative--American And Vietnamese, Literature, Comparative--Vietnamese And American, Narration (Rhetoric), Soldiers' Writings, American--History And Criticism, Vietnam--In Literature, Vietnamese Americans--Biography--History And Criticism, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Literature And The Conflict, Vietnamese Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, War Stories, American--History And Criticism
...propaganda disinformation that the Viet Cong were mostly northerners infiltrating...Dai Pagoda," details the sneaky Viet Cong attempt to infiltrate a Special Forces...she said it would be okay. Now the Viet Cong, masquerading as Cao Dais, want...
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journal articles on: Viet Cong  - 375 results

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Talking the Real War: Jargon, Guilt, and Viet Nam Veteran Poetry
Journal article by Matthew Hill; The Journal of American Culture, Vol. 31, 2008
...the Real War: Jargon, Guilt, and Viet Nam Veteran Poetry by Matthew Hill...formalized empathy that situates the Viet Gong as actual human beings with existences...full moon loaded on an oxcart. The Viet Cong soldiers-the old man, the laughing...
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Examining the Seven-Flag Chieu Hoi Pass: A Primary Document from the American War in Viet Nam
Journal article by Ted Engelmann; Social Education, Vol. 70, 2006
Subjects: Classroom management, Classroom techniques, Historic documents--Analysis, Social science teachers--Management, United States history--Study and teaching, Vietnam War, 1959-1975
...failure. Historians of the American-Viet Nam War mention numerous factors that...factors include: * Spying. Peasants and Viet Cong (local sympathizers/guerillas who fought on the side of North Viet Nam) from the countryside who surrendered...
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Legal Framework and Private Sector Development in Transitional Economies: The Case of Viet-Nam
Journal article by Pham Van Thuyet; Law and Policy in International Business, Vol. 27, 1996
Subjects: Developing countries--Economic aspects, Foreign investments--Economic aspects, Private sector--Laws, regulations, etc., Privatization--Economic aspects, Vietnam--Laws, regulations, etc.
...of the Board Chairman. Viet-Nams Company Law provides...Responsabilite Limitee Viet-Nams name for the second type of corporation, Cong Ty Trach Nhiem Huu Han...Statistical YearBook So Lieu Cong Nghiep 1989-1993 Viet-nam: Industrial data...
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The Rise of the Coast: Trade, State and Culture in Early Dai Viet
Journal article by John K. Whitmore; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 37, 2006
Subjects: T'ang dynasty, 618-907--History, T'ang dynasty, 618-907--Political aspects, Tai (Southeast Asian people)--History, Tai (Southeast Asian people)--Social aspects, Vietnam--History, Vietnam--Political aspects
...contest the area with both Dai Viet and the Chinese Song dynasty...melange emerged the realm of Dai Viet in the century after 960. First...eleventh century-formed Dai Viet out of these regions, beat back...southern hills of Truong. Ly Cong Uan (the future Emperor Ly Thai...
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The Hoang le Nhat Thong Chi and Historiography of Late Eighteenth-Century Dai Viet
Journal article by George Dutton; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 36, 2005
Subjects: Historiography--Analysis, Vietnam--History
...historical novels (lishi yanyi, Viet. lich su dien nghia). Scholarly...to the Chinese term xiaoshuo, Viet. tieu thuyet) with some trepidation...this new genre is the Nam Trieu cong nghiep dien chi (A record of...unofficial histories (Ch. yeshi, Viet. dash), which are organized...
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magazine articles on: Viet Cong  - 332 results

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The Viet Cong Admiration Society Retreats
Magazine article by Ann Coulter; Human Events, Vol. 59, April 7, 2003
Subjects: Iraq War-2003, Journalists, Media coverage
The Viet Cong Admiration Society Retreats by Ann Coulter Historian Paul Johnson refers...years for a history book to tell us that Walter Cronkite was wrong about the Viet Congs Tet offensive being a smashing success. The sedition lobby cant compete...
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Two Viet Vets Vie for Presidency
Magazine article; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 91, March 2004
Subjects: Candidates, Clark, Wesley K, Kerry, John F, Military officers, Presidential elections, Veterans, Vietnam War
Two Viet Vets Vie for Presidency The Democratic presidential primaries have once...Bronze Star with V device and a Silver Star. The latter was for killing a Viet Cong on Feb. 28, 1969. Kerry was discharged from the Navy Jan. 3,1970...
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"I Contact Kim Phuc Often. She Calls Me Uncle"
Magazine article by Alyssa Mcdonald; New Statesman, Vol. 139, April 5, 2010
Subjects: Huynh Cong Ut, Photographers
...I went to New York and he signed one of his pictures of the Viet Cong for me. Last month I opened the box it was in and cried. He was...Simpsons trial 2007 Shoots Paris Hilton after conviction Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut, photographer
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Revisiting Cords: the Need for Unity of Effort to Secure Victory in Iraq
Magazine article by Ross Coffey; Military Review, October 2006
Subjects: Iraq War-2003, National security, Politics, Problems, Rural areas
...development and helped defeat the Viet Cong (VC) insurgency. Significantly...which contributed to stemming the Viet Cong insurgency and to helping pacify...contributed to the defeat of the Viet Cong by influencing the decline of popular...
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Revisiting Cords: the Need for Unity of Effort to Secure Victory in Iraq
Magazine article by Ross Coffey; Military Review, Vol. 86, March 2006
Subjects: Iran Iraq War, Military strategy, National security, Rebellions
...development and helped defeat the Viet Cong (VC) insurgency. Significantly...which contributed to stemming the Viet Cong insurgency and to helping pacify...contributed to the defeat of the Viet Cong by influencing the decline of popular...
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newspaper articles on: Viet Cong  - 398 results

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Behind 'Enemy' Lines ...a Nam Vet Returns; Tom Mangold Revisits the Terrifying Viet Cong Tunnels He Discovered as a Young War Reporter.And Finds Them Transformed into a Fascinating, Disney-Style Attraction
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 15, 2006
Subjects: Journalists
...Tom Mangold Revisits the Terrifying Viet Cong Tunnels He Discovered as a Young...around Saigon where the communist Viet Cong lived, fought and died during the...Westerner to explore. Yet this is where Viet Cong fighters and the American Tunnel...
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Bush Awards Medal of Honor to POW; Soldier Was Killed by Viet Cong in 1965 after Being Held Captive for 2 Years
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 9, 2002
...Honor to POW; Soldier was killed by Viet Cong in 1965 after being held captive...priesthood when he was captured by Viet Cong guerrillas in October 1963 as he...nearly two years being tortured by the Viet Cong. Despite horrific treatment, he...
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'The Times They Are A-Changin' - Again; Kerry Takes the War on Terror to the Viet Cong
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 23, 2004
Subjects: Kerry, John F.
...Changin - Again; Kerry Takes the War on Terror to the Viet Cong. Byline: Suzanne Fields, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The liberal...the war were in is not against terrorism but against the Viet Cong. The world we live in is so different from the world...
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He Was Tortured with Razor-Sharp Bamboo, Fed Alive to Jungle Ants and Half-Drowned in a Freezing Well. Now, a New Film Tells the Story of the Vietnam War's Most Incredible Escape; Living Hell: Dengler's Tale Evokes the Deer Hunter, a Film about Soldiers Captured by the Viet Cong
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 24, 2007
Subjects: Dengler, Dieter, Motion pictures, Movies, Soldiers
...Film about Soldiers Captured by the Viet Cong. Byline: Zoe Brennan FLYING low...jungle on abombing mission against the Viet Cong, U.S. Air Force Colonel Eugene...Laotian equivalentof the communist Viet Cong. They took him captive and marched...
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He Was Tortured with Razor-Sharp Bamboo, Fed Alive to Jungle Ants and Half-Drowned in a Freezing well.Now,a Newfilm Tells the Story of the Vietnam Wars Most Incredible Escape; Living Hell: Denglers Tale Evokes the Deer Hunter, a Film about Soldiers Captured by the Viet Cong
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 24, 2007
Subjects: Soldiers
...Film about Soldiers Captured by the Viet Cong. Byline: Zoe Brennan FLYING low...jungle on abombing mission against the Viet Cong, U.S. Air Force Colonel Eugene...board. Fearfulthat he could be a Viet Cong suicide bomber, the crew pinned...
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encyclopedia articles on: Viet Cong  - 12 results

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1.
Viet Cong
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VIET CONG veet kong, officially Viet Nam Cong San Vietnamese Communists, Peoples Liberation Armed Forces...Vietnam. Supported and later directed by North Vietnam, the Viet Cong first tried subversive tactics to overthrow the South Vietnamese...
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Vietnam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...insurgents in South Vietnam (the Viet Cong ), who operated under the leadership...The Vietnam War By late 1961, the Viet Cong had won control of virtually half...increasing loss of territory to the Viet Cong, prompted Diems own military commanders...
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Vietnam War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...increasingly serious opposition from the Viet Cong , insurgents aided by North Vietnam. The Viet Cong became masters of the guerrilla tactics...Vietnam were unable to defeat the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. Optimistic...
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Cambodia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and refuge by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops while accepting military aid...aid, and North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops continued to infiltrate...began negotiating for the removal of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops, who...
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Khmer Rouge
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Khmer Rouge soldiers, aided by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, began a large-scale insurgency against government...000 in 1973, enabling most of the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops to withdraw. In 1975 the movement, led by Pol...
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