Some Horrifying Events of The Year of My Birth:
VIETNAM LEADING TO CAMBODIA:
"In 1962, President John F. Kennedy approved Operation Ranch Hand. This involved the spraying of chemicals from the air in an attempt to destroy the NLF hiding places. In 1969 alone, Operation Ranch Hand destroyed 1,034,300 hectares of forest. 'Agent Orange', the chemical used in this defoliation programme not only destroyed trees but caused chromosomal damage in people."
american military personnel refusal to enter combat, and murder of officers:
http://isreview.org/issues/09/soldiers_revolt.shtml
"Ironically, most of the explosives used for these mines came from unexploded bombs dropped by the United States. It has been estimated that 800 tons of bombs dropped on Vietnam every month failed to explode. These materials were then used to make booby traps."
1962 US relocated s. vietnamese peasant villages and built stockades around them with guards to prevent NLF reform info from reaching them.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNnlf.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNhochiminh.htm
why did the NLF defeat the USA in vietnam?
http://uncensoredhistory.blogspot.com/2013/03/why-were-vietcong-able-to-defeat.html