HIS377H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cw Complex, August Revolution, American Exceptionalism
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Stalemate thesis: america"s longest war : the vietnam war. Rejected by us when attempting to reach out for help. Communism wasn"t seen as a viable option to oppose capitalism at the time. Declares the independence of vietnam (september 2, 1945) Unlikely the us would have been involved the way they did without overarching cw structure. Value of south east asia was more in cw importance. Short term fixes instead of long-term policy decisions. August 1945: august revolution brings viet minh to power. September 1945: hcm declares independence in name of democratic republic of. September 1945: french troops (aided by british) begin to return to indochina with. September 1945: french troops (aided by british) begin to return to indochina with aim of re-colonizing indochina. December 1946: vm forces attack french garrisons in hanoi and the first. June 1948: french create associate state of vietnam with former emperor bao dai as chief of state (it is puppet government)
