Vietnam, a nation with a history ravaged by war. This is a nation where unity and nationalism are forgotten in a long past of blood and tears. From this desolated country there was a need for a man to rise from the ashes and unite this fragment into the whole that it once was. This man needed to be from the people. He had to respect and practice the ideals of the average man. He …showed first 75 words of 1554 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1554 total…pointed, whereas Bao Dai is circular like a drop of water. Like water, he will rot everything he touches. What we wants is pointed fire and flames like Ho Chi Minh (Fitzgerald 1972, 37).” Cited Literature Halberstam, David. HO. New York: Random House, 1987 Fitzgerald, Frances. Fire in the Lake. New York: Random House, 1972 Young, Marilyn B. The Vietnam Wars 1945-1990. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991 Gettleman, Marvin E. Vietnam and America. New York, NY: Grove Press, 1995