The sky would fall: Operation Vulture : the U.S. bombing mission in Indochina 1954

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s/t: The U.S. Bombing Mission in Indochina 1954 This is the true story of Operation Vulture a plan designed by President Eisenhower & his advisors to provide major US involvement in support of the French at Dien Bien Phu where they were locked in a deadly battle with the Vietnamese. the proposal included heavy bombing missions with the possible use of atomic bombs grounds troops & the possibility of war with China. Prados recreates the series of meetings from declassified documents meetings that included Eisenhower Richard Nixon Lyndon Johnson Winston Churchill & other high ranking political figures.