HIST 3801 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Vietnam Syndrome, Tet Offensive, Brezhnev Doctrine
30 Mar 2015
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Dien bien hpu (may 8th 1954) (domino"s theory) The geneva accords (1954) (the 17th parallel. 1953 french tried a strategy of luring vietnamese in a trap in n. vietnam around dien. Americans convinced leaders of south vietnam to forget about the nation wide referendum so when the 1956 deadline passes there was no referendum so it remains divided even after the referendum is over. Ngo dinh diem and free south v. The gulf of tonkin (resolution) (aug 7th 1964) Now it is a problem for the americans where before now it was an issue but there were other issues that were more challenging and important but it is now a problem for. Johnston he reports that this is the biggest damn mess i ever saw . Johnston very popular after he is accepted as successor from kennedy. His hero is fdr who made a lot of institutions and transformation of the united states.
