HIS344Y1 Lecture : Jan 18
Document Summary
Huge prestige j democracy and free world. America fought 30 years to recuperate from that blow. Generally, america did play a positive role j did stand up to unrealistic expectations of stalin. 8 years war j fight for liberation against france, with great help from china. Dien bien phu j french unable to hit the guerilla. The french offered their best troops there, hoping the guerilla would fight them. French had to agree and pull out and called the geneva conference to deal with the consequences of the french defeat. Vietnam only agreed, with free/general elections in 2 years and no foreign troops and not state intervention. The domino theory: in relation to vietnamese settlement, if america agreed to this settlement (allow north to be communist), the viet cong would vote for reunification and force the northern people to agree. South vietnamese liberation front j resistance movement composed of different elements.
