Political History Contributor

William Piereson

1 article 2013

William Piereson contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2013. His article examined a notable political assassination, suggesting an interest in political history and its lasting consequences.

The Other Assassination

December 2, 2013 · Kennedy, Vietnam, Magazine

As Americans pause to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, they should not overlook the other fateful assassination that took place that same month. On November 2, 1963, South Vietnam’s President Ngo Dinh Diem was murdered in Saigon in a coup carried out by a…