HIST2475 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Domino Theory, Guerrilla Warfare, French Indochina
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Mark dooley"s book, deliver us from evil, put vietnam on the map, deals with. Eisenhower was ranked (cid:884)(cid:883) out (cid:885)(cid:886) presidents, but very biased don"t mean much. Very self confident, didn"t think he had to prove anything like kennedy or. Really was a good president, never did deceitful things like his successor, nixon and johnson. He separated him from big ideas of the time, but this style was very orderly. During wwii, allied propaganda used the atlantic charter, which said any nation that was ruled the people had the right to choose what government they wanted. Most likely thought of theoretical rhetoric, but ho chi min and co. were inspired by this. French were losing control of indochina and churchill didn"t want this to lead dissolving of gb power. Charles de gaul pushed roosevelt to back him instead of helping the vietnamese, because said the ussr was on the door step and they needed french help.
