Army in modern times and has been awarded to only five men in the nations history. General giap was a brilliant, highly respected leader of the north vietnam military. The 1968 general uprising took place amidst us escalation of the war and a new strategy to devastate the north. The following quote is from his memoirs currently found in the vietnam war memorial in hanoi. A military history of the civil war in new york journal of books. Following the november 1963 assassinations of south vietnamese president ngo dinh diem and united states president john kennedy, le duan had begun to promote a plan called general offensive and general uprising, the goal of which was nothing less than the complete overthrow of the u.
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