SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Guerrilla Warfare, William Calley, Geneva Conventions

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

The war in vietnam and the massacre at my lai. Sociology notes week 21: combatants acting in a series of complex and contradictory social relationships, us became deeply embroiled in the vietnam conflict. Geopolitics and fear of soviet-style communism conflict between the us and ussr. Us became dominant defender of the west"s economic and political systems. Western governments feared that the soviets would seek to expand influence by drawing non-communist. Risk of communism spreading throughout the globe: vietnam war was a struggle of national independence. Prior to wwii vietnam was a french colony run under oppressive control then the japanese took over. Following japan"s surrender france sought to reclaim its lost colony. Us was drawn into vietnam because france wanted to re- establish its presence in indochina. Us found itself supporting france on issues not in the interest due to their alliance knew that france was left-leaning.