HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Domino Theory, Tet Offensive, Truman Doctrine
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The vietnam war fed into so much of the 60s. The biggest percentage of draftees were african americans who could not take advantage of college deferments. Mlk is one of the early critics of the war. The war also was one of the things that prevented the great society from really being realized. It fed into the rise of the left and the counter-culture on the one hand, while also helping to mobilize the right, which was regenerating. French-indochina was part of the broader french colonial enterprise in south-east. At its earliest genesis, it comprised four semi-autonomous provinces. French moved in in the late 19th century. Fairly early on, independence movements sparked up, mostly in what is now vietnam. By the time 1919 rolled around, a young. Ho chi minh went to versailles to speak with wilson (i. e. to seek self-determination). Later, he became enamoured with communism, since it had called for the end of imperialism.
