Contingency Planning in Turbulent Times
Contingency Planning in Turbulent Times
This introductory chapter presents North Vietnam's invasion of South Vietnam—an incident that happened two years after their cease-fire agreement, which was documented in the 1973 Paris Peace Agreement. On April 30, 1975, the North Vietnamese Army, riding in the Soviet-made T-54 tanks, infiltrated the South Vietnam Presidential Palace to arrest Pres. Duong Van Minh. Against the backdrop of this event, Washington leaders had declared in 1973 that, through the cease-fire agreement, the United States could successfully avoid further causalities in the war against North Vietnam, while keeping South Vietnam intact. Given this declaration, the event posed a serious challenge for Washington policymakers trying not to lose ground in the Cold War.
Keywords: North Vietnam, South Vietnam, cease-fire agreement, T-54 tanks, Presidential Palace, Duong Van Minh, United States, Washington leaders, Paris Peace Agreement
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