Nguyễn Cao Kỳ

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ( born September 8, 1930 in Sơn Tây, Tonkin, Indochinese Union, † July 23, 2011 in Kuala Lumpur ) was a South Vietnamese Air Force general and politician.

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He was involved in the 1963 military coup against South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, 1965, he was the successor of Phan Huy Quat Prime Minister of South Vietnam. The then 35 - year-old was described as an outstanding French air force officer training, but which it seems to be lacking jedwedem political understanding. His positive reference to Adolf Hitler in an interview had left a painful impression in Europe.

During the tenure KYS the United States increased its involvement in the Vietnam War in favor of the South Vietnamese side considerably. Kỳ believed at the time to a speedy victory. In 1967, a new constitution in force, Nguyễn Văn Thieu was elected president, prompting Kỳ its political influence largely lost. He was vice-president until 1971 and emigrated to the defeat of the South Vietnamese troops, as well as Thieu, 1975 in the United States.

Works

  • Twenty years and twenty days. Stein and Day, New York NY 1976 ISBN 0-8128 1908 - X.
  • With Marvin J. Wolf: Buddha 's Child. My Fight to Save Vietnam. St. Martin's Press, New York, NY 2002, ISBN 0-312-28115-3.
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