Counter-revolutionary forces — People | Cyber-Lenin

Counter-revolutionary forces

164 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Klaus Barbie Klaus Barbie The Nazi Gestapo chief who made Lyon a center of terror Security, intelligence and policing · Nazi party and regime 1913–1991
Richard Milhous Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon The Cold Warrior who opened détente with Moscow and Beijing, then became the only U.S. president to resign Government and administration · United States state institutions 1913–1994
Bảo Đại Bảo Đại Last emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, who abdicated in 1945 and returned as head of the French-backed State of Vietnam Monarchs and royalty · Vietnam state institutions 1913–1997
William Westmoreland William Westmoreland US Army general who commanded American forces in South Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 and pursued a strategy of attrition measured by body count Military command · United States state institutions 1914–2005
Chae Byeong-deok 채병덕 A general whose colonial military career met failure at the war’s outbreak Military command · South Korea state institutions 1916–1950
Dương Văn Minh Dương Văn Minh South Vietnamese general who led the 1963 coup and ordered the 1975 surrender Military command · Vietnam state institutions 1916–2001
Robert McNamara Robert McNamara The quantitative defense secretary who led the Vietnam War and helped prevent nuclear war in the Cuban Missile Crisis Government and administration · United States state institutions 1916–2009
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy The youngest U.S. president, who took the world to the brink of nuclear war and back Government and administration · United States state institutions 1917–1963
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu General who was president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975, opposed the Paris Peace Accords and resigned days before the fall of Saigon Military command · Vietnam state institutions 1923–2001
Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński Carter's National Security Advisor who drew the Soviet Union into the Afghan trap Diplomacy and international organization · United States state institutions 1928–2017
Vang Pao ວ່າງປາວ Royal Lao Army general who led the CIA-backed Hmong army Military command · Laos state institutions 1929–2011
Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin Сергей Владимирович Суровикин A Russian general shaped by obedience and uncompromising war Military command · Russian Federation state institutions 1966–
Nykyfor Hryhoriv Никифор Григор'єв Ukrainian otaman who took Odesa for the Reds, then turned to revolt and pogrom Military command · Independent activity c.1885–1919
Ahmad Shah Massoud Аҳмадшоҳи Масъуд Panjshir Valley guerrilla commander, the "Lion of Panjshir," who fought Soviet forces and the Taliban Military command c. 1953–2001

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