What does the Vietnamese name "Nguyen" actually mean?
May 4, 2018 · This happened several more times and as a result, nearly 40% of Vietnamese have the name Nguyen. Internet says the name derives from a Chinese name "Ruan." Ruan was a …
How did the US/South Vietnam lose the Vietnam war?
Jun 4, 2015 · South Vietnam was helped by US. Even when the US was gone, they had a 1 million army. So why did they lose? Even without US support, South Vietnam had about the …
Why did JFK give approval for the CIA to encourage Diem's deposal?
In 1963, weeks before his own assassination, President Kennedy gave approval for the CIA to encourage a group of South Vietnamese generals to depose President Ngo Dinh Diem of …
Has there ever been a case when a traitorous military commander …
Aug 17, 2017 · In one novel I am currently reading a traitorous commander who is responsible for atrocities against the people he should protect and killing the remainder of the army he once …
What was the Catholic Church's opinion of Diệm's South Vietnam?
Sep 28, 2017 · I've started watching The Vietnam War, and would like to know something incidental to the early stages of this conflict. Ngo Dinh Diem led an increasingly brutal and …
How does one "ride on the brake beam"? - History Stack Exchange
Mar 30, 2024 · While @ccprog's answer already explains well what a brake beam on a railway bogie is, after some googling I found the picture Brake-beam traveller by Charles C. Pierce: …
world war two - Why were Japanese Americans forced to move, …
Aug 31, 2016 · Question from the memoir "Farewell to Manzanar". Why were majority of Japanese-Americans forced to move? Why didn't the German-Americans share the same fate?
What is the first recorded dog name? - History Stack Exchange
Jan 4, 2020 · Dogs have an age-old relationship with humans, and nowadays almost all dogs have a name given to them. In Homer's Odyssey (8th century BCE), upon Odysseus' return, …
Did the Yuan Dynasty ever occupy Hainan? - History Stack Exchange
Feb 14, 2015 · Vu Hong Lien is a Vietnamese–British historian who has written widely on the history of Southeast Asia. She is a guest lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies …
popular culture - History Stack Exchange
Mar 19, 2020 · I'd like a general explanation of the historical/cultural reasons that have made anime in Japan so big. There's clearly disproportion between the Japanese population (I doubt …