Author: Huy, H. T. (2022). A solution for the end of the Vietnam War: a petition of Ấn Quang Buddhism activists and military withdrawal of the US (1969-1972). Historia Actual Online. 58 (2) (Jun. 2022), 77–94.
Citation: https://doi.org/10.36132/hao.v2i58.2176
Abstract:
This article aims at elucidating the actions and struggles of Ấn Quang Buddhism activists from 1969 to 1972 in South Vietnam based on reliable sources of archival documents of the former Republic of Vietnam. The insurgencies of Ấn Quang activists started after the collapse of the first Republic of Vietnam peaked in the Vietnamization period. These movements played a vital role in accelerating the US troop withdrawal as well as weakening the Saigon government. The pure nationalism-based ideology and Buddhism revival soul became the critical factors in causing various events of struggles in South Vietnam politics. This article explained the essence of those activities and proved that Ấn Quang activists drifted away from Communists as well as considering their contribution to peace restoration during the Vietnam War.
