Today marks the 40th anniversary of what some call the fall of South Vietnam and others call the liberation of South Vietnam. The war was easily the most contentious in American history, and we are still learning much about the war that was never obvious at the time. But the war also marks a time of great change in the US. Today the US and Vietnam are working closely together on a number of fronts, although one could not accurately characterize them as allies.
Evacuation from the US Embassy in Saigon, 30 April 1975
Spiegel conducted an interview with Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine. The interview is a fascinating window into the separatist mentality of the Russian-speaking rebels in Ukraine. Their rhetoric makes clear that they have no intention of backing down from their ultimate goal of integration with Russia.
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