No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam

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Simon and Schuster, 2001年9月23日 - 352 頁
In this shocking exposé on the betrayal of South Vietnam, premier historian Larry Berman uses never-before-seen North Vietnamese documents to create a sweeping indictment against President Nixon and Henry Kissinger.

On April 30, 1975, when U.S. helicopters pulled the last soldiers out of Saigon, the question lingered: Had American and Vietnamese lives been lost in vain? When the city fell shortly thereafter, the answer was clearly yes. The Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam—signed by Henry Kissinger in 1973, and hailed as "peace with honor" by President Nixon—was a travesty.

In No Peace, No Honor, Larry Berman reveals the long-hidden truth in secret documents concerning U.S. negotiations that Kissinger had sealed—negotiations that led to his sharing the Nobel Peace Prize. Based on newly declassified information and a complete North Vietnamese transcription of the talks, Berman offers the real story for the first time, proving that there is only one word for Nixon and Kissinger's actions toward the United States' former ally, and the tens of thousands of soldiers who fought and died: betrayal.

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Prologue
1
Chapter 1 Search for Peace
11
Chapter 2 Nixon Takes Control
37
Chapter 3 You Cannot Hide an Elephant with a Basket
61
Chapter 4 McGoverns October Surprise
82
Chapter 5 A Chess Match
103
Chapter 6 Nixon Goes Public
112
Chapter 7 The Easter Offensive
123
Chapter 12 Nixons Peace with Honor
221
Chapter 13 The Jabberwocky Agreement
240
Epilogue
265
APPENDIX A White House Fact Sheet Basic Elements of the Vietnam Agreement
275
APPENDIX B The Lessons of Vietnam Henry Kissinger to President Ford
278
APPENDIX C Text of Address by President Nixon on the Vietnam Agreement
284
NOTES
288
BIBLIOGRAPHY
313

Chapter 8 They Have Concluded They Cannot Defeat You
140
Chapter 9 Thieu Kills the Deal
160
Chapter 10 Peace Is at the End of a Pen
180
Chapter 11 Linebacker II
207
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
317
INDEX
323
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第 ix 頁 - The only guide to a man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations; but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honour.
第 14 頁 - I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office — the Presidency of your country. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President.
第 250 頁 - Article 5 of the Agreement shall take with them all their armaments, munitions, and war material. Transfers of such items which would leave them in South Viet-Nam shall not be made subsequent to the entry into force of the Agreement except for transfers of communications, transport, and other non-combat material to the Four-Party Joint Military Commission or the International Commission of Control and Supervision.
第 250 頁 - The dismantlement of all military bases in South Viet-Nam of the United States and of the other foreign countries mentioned in Article 3 (a) shall be completed within sixty days of the signing of this Agreement.
第 215 頁 - I don't want any more of this crap about the fact that we couldn't hit this target or that one. This is your chance to use military power effectively to win this war, and if you don't, I'll consider you responsible.
第 276 頁 - Saturday, January 27, 1973. American Forces • Release within 60 days of all American servicemen and civilians captured and held throughout Indochina, and fullest possible accounting for missing in action. • Return of all United States forces and military personnel from South Vietnam within 60 days. Security of South Vietnam • Ban on infiltration of troops and war supplies into South Vietnam. • The right to unlimited military replacement aid for the Republic of Vietnam.
第 40 頁 - The time has come to move forward at the conference table toward an early resolution of this tragic war. You will find us forthcoming and open-minded in a common effort to bring the blessings of peace to the brave people of Vietnam. Let history record that at this critical juncture, both sides turned their face toward peace rather than toward conflict and war.

關於作者 (2001)

Larry Berman, professor and director of the University of California Washington Center, has numerous books, including Planning a Tragedy and Lyndon Johnson's War, and has appeared in several major television documentaries on the war. He lives in Davis, California, and Washington, D.C.

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