Nguyen Van Thieu April 5, 2007
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By DAVID BENNETT
The fall of South Vietnam was the inevitable consequence of America’s failure to provide the support it committed to President Nguyen Van Thieu. Thieu’s death in September 2001, raises the question: will America commit herself to winning the war on terrorism and supporting the promotion of democracy as part of the process of supporting nation building? These questions have a pressing and relevant urgency because the recent US 2006 congressional results could precipitate an abandonment of the Afghan and Iraqi peoples similar to the one that occurred to the peoples of Indo-China in the 1970s as a result of congressional action.
Fulgencio Batista: Why History Will Absolve Him April 5, 2007
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Fidel Castro’s recent illness has focused attention on the Cuban dictator’s career. Castro’s successes in establishing and maintaining a Communist dictatorship 90 miles off the coast of the United States are remarkable achievements. By examining the history of the preceeding Batista regime, a perspective will hopefully emerge which illustrates how Castro perpetuated a myth to support his subsequent hold on power.
This biography, of Castro’s predecessor, Fulgencio Batista is based on an earlier version written by David Bennett which appeared in August 1996 in the Melbourne based publication, The Sentinel.
