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ANOTHER GOVERNMENT GOES DOWN
Recognizing that the military junta led by General Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013) wielded the real political power in South Vietnam, Herblock used the metaphor of an hourglass to portray yet another Vietnamese civilian regime lost to the sands of time. The anti-Communist civilian government of Trần Văn Hương (1903–1982) which the United States had supported, collapsed on January 27, 1965.
Another Government Goes Down, 1965. Published in the Washington Post, January 28, 1965. |