North Vietnam

This agreement was signed by the French government and the anti-colonialist, socialist Viet Minh guerilla force. It divided Vietnam into two halves at the 17th parallel, with the northern half administered by the Viet Minh and the southern half under the French, although the two sections were meant…

<p><span class="deck">Forty years ago, the USS <span class="typestyle"> Maddox</span> fought the first battle of America’s longest war. How it happened—and even <span class="typestyle"> if</span> it happened—are still fiercely debated. </span></p>