The Burt Cohen Show - The Diem Coup After 50 Years - 11/14/13

What did the president know and when did he know it? The president of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, was overthrown in a bloody coup on November 1, 1963. Was it all the Vietnamese generals or how high up did foreknowledge of the coup go? The guest on this show is author John Prados of the National Security Archive. What did the coup indicate about the US role in the war itself?