A Distant Cause

About the Book

A Distant Cause is a general yet comprehensive history of the Viet Nam War. It begins with events in Viet Nam right after the end of World War II; the French war of re-conquest that ended with the Battle at Dien Bien Phu; the partition of Viet Nam (North and South); the U.S. direct Intervention; the last battles and the fall of the (former) Republic of Viet Nam. The book advances the reasons of why we fought and of why we lost the Viet Nam War, and why, after 30 years after the war ended, we can claim that the war had a catalystic role in the history of the world.

About the Author

Bui Cong Minh was a Lt Colonel of the (former) Republic of Viet Nam Army. Besides various assignments in the Army after his graduation from the Dalat Military Academy in 1954, he was detached to the Foreign Service to serve as Deputy Armed Forces Attache to the Republic of Viet Nam (RVN) Embassy in Washington D.C. (1968-1970). From 1971 to 1973 he served in the government as Director of Cabinet of the Information Ministry in Saigon. Again he served in the Foreign Service as Press and Information Attached to the RVN Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand (1973-1975).