HIST2475 Lecture Notes - James K. Polk, Mccarthyism
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United states created south vietnam, funded it, armed it so south vietnam"s defeat was. Others say the us did not lose the war because in 1975 the us wasn"t in vietnam. No issues can be agreed upon: vietnam encourages personal attacks. Viciousness against opposing views is unique to vietnam. Try and forsaken argues that the war was winnable. Some historians pose vietnam war as starting in 1919 at versailles. Others in 1941, when japanese seized vietnam from france. 1832: jackson administration tried to have diplomatic relations. -perry opened japan and wanted to open vietnam. James polk ordered perry to come home because vietnam was too foreign. France in 1887 consolidated french indochina for administration. French indochina became important to us at the end. Japanese took over french indochina (not in name) An asian overlord took over after a european retreated. Japanese rose as a military power in the international stage.
