Note: We had a successful peace treaty under President Nixon but after he was impeached the North Vietnamese knew by invading,  President Ford would do nothing, end of story. Joseph

New revelations: how Kennedy lost the Vietnam War

Numerous books, articles, and exposés have sought to understand how and why the United States ultimately failed in the Vietnam War, despite losing thousands of troops and innocent lives, and expending billions. A new book seeks to understand why by offering new details into the assassination of Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam. Diem, a wily politician, was widely regarded at the time as having what Confucians call “Mandate of Heaven:” a moral and political authority recognized by all Vietnamese. He was the first president of the Republic of Vietnam, following the end of French colonial rule. However, he was deposed in a military coup ordered by the Kennedy administration and ultimately murdered on November 2, 1963. MORE