Labels:text | screenshot | clothing | person | poster OCR: THE VIETNAM WAR OVERVIEW OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION 3 COURSE OF THE WAR ORIGINS HUMAN COST KEY PLAYERS In Saigon Buddhists protest Diem's oppression 3: UNREST IN THE SOUTH Ngo Dinh Diem's South Vietnamese government was brutal and corrupt. In the late 1950s growing civil unrest led to active warfare in rural areas as peasants joined the Viet Cong, a Communist guerrilla force backed by North Vietnam. Diem's rule was openly supported by the U.S. CHRONOLOGY . NEWSFLASH ...
