At the advent of the conclusion of the Second World War came an advancement in arms‚ mortality rates in the millions‚ and a collective will of a long lasting peace. In virtue of this‚ it was a time of treaties and unions; with wounded nations ensuring support in case of future conflicts. Subsequently the seed of a new European union was planted in the Treaty of Brussels‚ a pledge of mutual defense of Britain‚ France and Benelux lest the Nazis ever return. As the dust settled it was clear that Germany
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inference. That makes Ho Chi Minh with the seem to be more a communist instead of a patriot and which in turn led initially to help the French colonialism in the area‚ then to the support of anticommunist leaders‚ an move that attracted the United States to the issue. Hunt then blames Eisenhower administration’s views‚ which gave a " ... simple picture of Asians as either easily educable friends or implacable communist foes" (p. 17). The second Chapter‚ the author looks at Ho Chi Minh and why he was
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United States Withdraw From the Vietnam War? The United States withdrew from the Vietnam War for several reasons. The Army had to fight in unfamiliar territory‚ was lacking in moral‚ were not prepared for the conditions‚ could not shut down the Ho Chi Minh Trail‚ and were untrained to respond to guerilla warfare. This combination of disadvantages and the loss of public support led to the United States withdrawing from Vietnam. The United States Army was forced to fight in a new land that had different
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USA were extremely cautious to fight in a direct war with each other (source 11). This meant that the USSR was only able to support North Vietnam through supplying China with arms who in turn would arm the North Vietnamese (source 11). Nevertheless‚ the Vietnam war was still composed of the “classic Cold War” scenario (source 11)‚ as there was support from the Capitalist west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold
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Vietnam and try helping French control South of Vietnam. However‚ French fail in Dien Bien Phu battle so they need agree with Geneva which device south and North Vietnam in 17 parallel. In the South of Vietnam be control by communism‚ the leather is Ho Chi Minh and they know as name Vietcong. Furthermore‚ The North of Vietnam under the control of Ngo Dinh Diem and having support from American try took South of Vietnam and destroyed communism. However‚ Ngo Dinh Diem had a big mistake is ban the main religion
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French at the short-lived battle of Dien Bien Phu. Other contributing factors which lead towards the defeat of the French included the failed tactics of the French‚ the lack of political motivation‚ their ignorance towards the aptitude of the Viet Minh‚ and the ultimate determination of the Vietnamese people to keep Vietnam as an independent socialist republic. Most prominently‚ the French were not congruent with the type of guerrilla warfare employed by the Vietnamese‚ and the war was primarily
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immense fear of this great patriot‚ who witnessed to the “Red Scare” during the Truman Administration‚ and he felt that Vietnam was at great risk as more countries in Asia found communism as an opportunity for independence. The sudden alliances that Ho Chi Minh‚ President of Vietnam‚ made with the Communists kindled a fear in Eisenhower‚ and he felt as though the United States’ capitalistic lifestyle was in jeopardy. Eisenhower preached that in order to save Vietnam‚ their people‚ and the security of
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was later added to the colony).[61] Various Vietnamese opposition movements to French rule existed during this period‚ such as the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng who staged the failed Yên Bái mutiny in 1930‚ but none were ultimately as successful as the Viet Minh common front‚ which was founded in 1941‚ controlled by the Indochinese Communist Party‚ and funded by the U.S. and
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Conference produced the Geneva Accords which called for the temporary separation of Vietnam into two zones and a general election which needed to be held to reunify the nation. This election would never take place because the U.S. realizing how popular Ho Chi Minh was with the population of Vietnam feared that if he won the presidency Vietnam would be completely communism and neighboring Laos and Cambodia would also fall to communism‚ which would then give the Soviet even more puppet states. To avoid this
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Following Ho Chi Minh: Bui Tin Bui Tin who served on the general staff of North Vietnam’s army received the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam. Tin later became the editor of Vietnam’s official newspaper‚ the “Peoples Daily”. Tin then immigrated to Paris after becoming disillusioned with the fruits of Vietnamese Communism. Following Ho Chi Minh allows the reader to gain valuable insight into how the North Vietnamese forces planned and executed the war‚ through military and psychological strategies
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