Lê Văn Kim
Lieutenant General Lê Văn Kim (1918 – 28 March 1987)[1] is a former general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He was the brother in law of General Trần Văn Đôn and together with General Dương Văn Minh, the trio organised the 1963 South Vietnamese coup which toppled President Ngô Đình Diệm and ended in the assassinations of Diệm and his brother, Ngô Đình Nhu.[2]
References
- ↑ Trần Ngọc Thống, Hồ Đắc Huân, Lê Đình Thụy (2011). Lược sử quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa. Hương Quê. ISBN 978-0-9852-1820-1. (pg 155-158)
- ↑ Karnow, Stanley (1997). Vietnam: A history. New York City, New York: Penguin Books. pp. 300&ndash, 325. ISBN 0-670-84218-4.
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