November 22 marks the 60th anniversary of a dark day in American history. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Less well remembered is what happened 20 days earlier. In South Vietnam, opponents of the autocratic president Ngo Dinh Diem ousted him from power and murdered Diem and his brother. University of Virginia Miller Center historian Ken Hughes discusses his new research revealing President Kennedy’s central role in the coup that toppled a U.S. ally in Southeast Asia.
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