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Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam, possessed the Confucian "Mandate of Heaven", a moral and political authority that was widely recognized by all Vietnamese. This devout Roman Catholic leader never lost this mandate in the eyes of his people; rather, he was taken down by a military coup sponsored by the U.S. government, which resulted in his brutal murder. The commonly held view runs contrary to the above assertion by military historian Geoffrey Shaw.
By Bernard Brien, in collaboration with Charles Wright Next year is the 35th anniversary of the martyrdom of Polish Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, the Solidarity chaplain beaten and drowned by communist secret police after the Jaruzelski regime declared martial law against its own people. There are a few good books in English about Father Popiełuszko (A Martyr for the Truth, Do You Hear the Bells, Father Jerzy? and To Kill a Priest).
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