In her opening speech, Deputy Director and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the National Political Publishing House, Truth Pham Thi Thinh, said that on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the country's reunification, the Publishing House organized many scientific seminars and discussions; at the same time, drafted, edited, published and launched more than 20 publications, helping readers have an objective and comprehensive view of our people's great resistance war against the US to save the country.
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Deputy Director - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of National Political Publishing House Truth Pham Thi Thinh. |
Including the book "The Final Minutes at the White House: The Fall of the Republic of Vietnam", published for the third time by the Truth National Political Publishing House in collaboration with the Oriental Development Research Institute (after the first time in 2019, the second time in 2022).
The book publishes documents of special value, helping readers better understand the political and military developments on the American side and the Saigon government in the final days of our people's resistance war against the US to save the country.
Through the book, readers will learn in detail about the internal affairs of American officials in the final days of the war; the confusion and helplessness of Washington when the war came to an end. At the same time, it proves that the failure of the US in the war of aggression against Vietnam and the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam was a historical inevitability.
The victory of our army and people under the leadership of the Party will forever be an immortal heroic epic of people's war in the Ho Chi Minh era, preserved and promoted by today's and future generations in the cause of building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
At the seminar, Major General, Dr. Nguyen Hong Thai, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Phuong Dong Magazine and Dr. Nguyen Cong Dung, Member of the Editorial-Publishing Council, National Political Publishing House, Truth, shared about the content and unique and special features of the book " The Final Minutes at the White House: The Minutes of the Fall of the Republic of Vietnam".
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Overview of the discussion. |
The book brings together documents, files, and internal minutes from the US government - including top secret notes, Pentagon files, and US Department of Defense documents - providing an in-depth look at the collapse of the Saigon government and the US strategic failure in Vietnam. This is the war that caused the "Vietnam Syndrome" - the biggest trauma in the military and political history of the United States.
Part I of the book includes original top secret documents declassified by the United States in 2015, with content revolving around the calculations, decisions and actions of the leaders of the US war machine in the final days of the collapse of the Saigon government. These are full translations of the minutes of the meetings of the US National Security Council chaired by US President Gerald Ford; summaries, memoranda, reports on the situation in Vietnam; transcripts of phone calls between President Ford and the US Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense.
Part II includes unforgettable articles and memoirs of several high-ranking American generals who were directly present and commanded the evacuation during the final hours of the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam. Much information is revealed for the first time through these articles, helping readers see the whole picture of the chaos of the American evacuation, as well as the humiliating defeat of the American army in the war of aggression against Vietnam...
Reading the book, in connection with the context, the current volatile world situation with constant conflicts and power shifts, The Final Minutes at the White House: The Fall of the Republic of Vietnam is not only a retrospective but also brings valuable lessons about war. The work raises big questions about historical truth, how parties in a conflict record and interpret the past, as well as the long-term impacts of war on people and society.
Through the content of the book, readers see the fierceness of the war, the psychological obsessions of the generals and former American soldiers who participated in the war. It affirms one thing, war only brings suffering to people, the price to pay for wars is extremely high. Therefore, let's preserve and cherish the precious peace we have.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the country's reunification, along with The Final Minutes at the White House: The Fall of the Republic of Vietnam , the Truth National Political Publishing House introduces to domestic and foreign readers many valuable publications, contributing to spreading the reading culture, building a learning society, and learning citizens, such as: Southern Vietnam - The Bronze Citadel of the Fatherland; The Great Victory of Spring 1975: The Epic of Victory in the Ho Chi Minh Era; About the Great Victory of Spring 1975 through documents of the Saigon government; Letter to the South; General Headquarters in the Spring of Victory; False Alliance: Ngo Dinh Diem - America and the Fate of South Vietnam; Family, Friends and Country (Memoirs of former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh); Ho Chi Minh City: Zero Hour - reports on the end of the 30-year war...
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