USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Which best describes Ngo Dinh Diem? he ruled the anticommunist government of South Vietnam and was backed by the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1933 Ngo Dinh Diem was the emperor Bao Dai’s minister of the interior. In 1954 Diem began serving as prime minister in what would become the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). Diem defeated Bao Dai in a referendum in October 1955, ousted the emperor, and made himself president.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Fall of Diem Soon after, South Vietnamese military officers contacted US government representatives and inquired about what a US response would be to a military coup in Saigon. The officers assassinated Diem and overthrew his government in November 1963.

Detailed explanation-4: -The US government saw South Vietnam’s autocratic ruler, Ngo Dinh Diem, as a bulwark against Communism. But Diem was far from an ideal partner: Suspicious of anyone but his immediate family, he often frustrated American policy makers.