GEOG 64 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unending, Domino Theory, Guerrilla Warfare
Document Summary
History is used and abused to justify certain social positions; policy platforms. Discredited the postwar policy of containment and undermining the consensus that supported it. Obama"s commemoration doesn"t mention the turmoil back at home. Herring, american and vietnam: the unending war. Vietnam communists were the only ones to direct the nationalist movement. Post wwii while everyone was still recovering and in turmoil, British and dutch granted independence to colonies but france attempted to regain control of indochinese empire sparking war in 1946(-1975). Problem for u. s. communism in vietnam. America thought the viet minh would combine with soviet for world domination. 1950 truman extended to east asia a containment policy (orig. applied in. Said by president george bush, at end of gulf war. Vietnam war worse out of 3 in asia since pearl harbor. Success in the gulf war gave foreign policy more power and leadership. But small victory compared to huge loss at vietnam.
