"The Road to Disaster"

After several days of discussion about an impending coup against South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, Kennedy officials remained divided on whether to support the putsch. While all recognized the challenges of working with Diệm, senior officials, especially those at the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency, feared that even a successful coup would hinder the war against the Vietnamese Communists.

Видео "The Road to Disaster" канала Miller Center