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On the fiftieth anniversary of the Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc coup attempt in Vietnam. let’s have some music about Saigon. Remember Saigon?
Martin Longman is the web editor for the Washington Monthly. See all his writing at ProgressPond.com
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