Three books by this author reveal a false claim that acts like a linchpin, misleading many Americans. It traps them into thinking that, from the US-Viet Nam War into 2026, US foreign policy and related domestic policy have mainly pursued a noble purpose. That false claim hides a wrongful purpose. This connection damages the US and other nations. The revelations in this trilogy light the way for voters to look beyond their own personal struggles, in order to muster a joint effort to undo this false claim.

HIDDEN FACTS. Thousands of hidden reports show that US businesses operated in Viet Nam during 1865–1954, enabled by French invasion brutality. A State Dept consular office opened there. For 89 years until 1954, US business operations were enabled by force, with the French ruling by terror. It included cutting off heads.

Beginning in 1873, Viet Nam repeatedly pleaded with the US government to engage in peaceful commerce, no invasion needed. Viet Nam even offered to adopt US-style institutions. US leaders, motivated by greed and racism, rejected Viet Nam’s overtures.

THE FALSE CLAIM. Despite those 89 years of US business, virtually 100 percent of US voters are led to believe a false claim that says the US entered Viet Nam in 1954. This fictitious entry is presented as for a noble purpose to fight communism. The false claim is pervasive. It is in high school curriculum, colleges, universities, books, government statements, seminars, and websites.

The US-Viet Nam War being the biggest war since 1945, its purpose as evil or noble still carries great weight in the minds of many voters.

About 50 percent of US voters, trusting the false claim of a noble 1954 entry, falsely think that worldwide, during 1954 to 2026, US foreign policy has continued to be noble. On the other hand, about 50 percent of voters realize that the US operates as an imperial nation. This 50–50 split creates an impasse. It has long frozen the electorate from undoing the false claim.

Many people say, ‘But what can I do? I am just one person.’ In “Lions for Lambs,” a film probing the falsities of the so-called War on Terror, a professor played by Robert Redford tells a student, “They bank on your willful ignorance.” A newspaper writer played by Meryl Streep challenges the US public with, “Connect the dots.”

The dots connect the false claim to the following main effects:

1. US soldiers die and are injured, and their families harmed, while misled about the wrongful purpose;

2. Numerous foreign nations have been wrongfully damaged through the decades into today.

3. Pursuing the wrongful business expansion by force, US leaders, including all presidents, have often mislabeled foreign opponents as communists, socialists, or terrorists. Instead, many are good citizens defending their nations against the wrongful US actions.

4. Falsely charging that “the left” is socialist, including teacher’s unions, workers’ rights to fair wages, and similar matters, US leaders play to fears of some voters.

5. The misleading of the US public fosters a false attitude of superiority among many Americans. The false term “American Exceptionalism” hides the fact that part of the US standard of living is from resources and property gained from 100-plus coups, destabilizations, and invasions during 1945–2026.

As all US presidents since 1954 have followed the false claim, this trilogy does not mention President trump. Though, trump is ill-educated, fomented the January 6 attack on the US, and is trying to override democracy in order to avoid prison on the Epstein matter.

The False Claim in Operation

A prime example of good people fighting back appears in Viet Nam’s victory over the US and France. In 1954, Viet Nam defeated the French invasion. That victory threatened to end the hidden 1865–1954 US business that had been enabled by brutal force. So, in early 1955, US leaders attacked, trying to continue their early business. That was the real reason for the US-Viet Nam War.

The false claim falsely asserts that a country called “North Viet Nam” existed. But no such country ever existed. North and south, Viet Nam remained one country after 1954. The overwhelming majority in the south, like in the north, helped defeat the French in 1954, and then they did not disappear: They defended against US attacks. Misled, US soldiers found out the hard way.

It is “an absurd concept” to think the 1954 Geneva Accords created two countries, historian Joseph Buttinger wrote. Click for full quote. Article 14(a) of the Accords says, in plain words, that France had a temporary duty to administer the southern “regrouping zone” until elections. That means Viet Nam was not split into two countries. Instead, the Accords simply created two temporary zones to separate the armies of the two sides, which were entangled in many places.

The Accords explicitly stated that the temporary line between the north and south zones “should not in any way be interpreted as constituting a political or territorial boundary.”

The Accords also prohibited the US from inserting soldiers into Viet Nam. After all, Viet Nam was one country.

But leaders of the superpower US pressured France to leave. The US then illegally moved US soldiers into the southern half.

The US insertion of US soldiers was if a foreign nation invaded the US at New Orleans. Most US citizens in the south would fight back, tooth and nail.

This writer’s trilogy includes:

Corporate Tsunami in Countryside Paradise : 1875–1900 Origin of US War in Viet Nam (2020) details the early US business. And, in the 1940s, US leaders set up a system for worldwide business expansion, often by force. They decided not to tell the US public. As part of that system, in 1954 the US leaders pressured France to depart from Viet Nam. Then, the US leaders attacked trying to continue the early business.

Betrayal by Foreign Policy Fault Line 1619–2024, US in Viet Nam 1865–1975 (February 2026) shows that the real reason for the US-Viet Nam War—business expansion by force—has continued to drive foreign policy during 1975–2024. Though stopping communism and terrorism was a factor, it was not the main reason. Various analytical lenses show the connection through the decades.

Spirit of Nine Dragons Delta (scheduled for late 2026). This novel combines the early presence of US consuls; a budding romance between a young consul and the protagonist, a young village woman; and US leaders as they develop the false claim about this war, with its role in falsely concealing worldwide business enabled by force.

Viet Nam’s April 30, 2025 celebration of its 1975 victory, Viet Nam said that a US-Viet Nam strategic partnership exists, but that the war was a US imperial invasion. That opened the door to the US public, if not the US government, to state the truth.

But neither the US public nor the US government has responded with the truth of the 1865–1954 business rip-off in Viet Nam, enabled by force, the real reason for the ensuing war.

US soldiers who die for foreign policy deserve the truth. US voters deserve the truth. Today’s world deserves that much.