HIST 3801 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Monroe Doctrine, Lê Đức Thọ, Henry Kissinger
1 Apr 2015
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Big powers, their spheres of influence (vietnam, s. asia, dom rep etc: both sides respected each other"s fear of influence; verbally we see lots of criticism thrown at each other, both of the big powers did not want to see a confrontation between each other over particular issues. Was defeated by the chinese and vietnam was occupied. Later on in the 9th century a vietnamese kingdom was established and would continue to be independent until the 1800s when the french arrived to conquer them. It would be very difficult to reconcile the population with an inferior title because they lived under chinese rule and french rule (vietnamese people are proud people) Ideas such as equality and full control of economy led to a movement of independence in. Vietnam: viet nam doc lap dong minh (vietminh) Vietnam movement for independence: ho chi minh (nationalist and communist) He is leading the vietnamese in fight for independence against japan and finally.
