Buddhist crisis event
also: attacks on the Buddhist pagodas, demonstrations by the majority Buddhists
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came to a head in November, which would have been the election, in 1960 when a group of disgruntled Des Viet paratroopers led a coup against Dem. Although it failed, the coup attempt grew attention to Dem's lack of popular support. A situat…
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It was evident by 63 that President Diem had lost most of the political support that he had, and his brother began using force to quell demonstrations by the majority Buddhists in the country. They were operating under the auspices of being…
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Nguyen must go. If Diem would not fire his brother, then the United States was going to have to look for alternatives. Nguyen's special forces had just carried out a series of bloody attacks on the Buddhist pagodas that was widely condemned…