HIS378H1 Lecture Notes - Walter Cronkite, Ho Chi Minh, Gulf Of Tonkin Incident
Document Summary
The bitch of a war : lbj and escalation. Perspectives on vietnam: the young man"s war, the white man"s war, the patriarchal war, the living room war, the liberal war (?) During this time ho sends over 8 letters to the. Us reminding them that they stand for self-determination without any reaction: not an issue of the french but the west!! The anti-communist west has lost against this communist government: they already lost china and are worried about what will happen to the rest of. Asia: so they have a conference in geneva with the hope of sorting out conflict in. On korea not terribly useful but on vietnam they decide to divide a line between the two countries. 1954: french defeat at dien bien phu, geneva conference temporary division at 17th parallel, us maag trains arvn (s) to train the south vietnam army. 1955-1956: want elections because they know they will lose.
