HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Barry Goldwater, Lyndon B. Johnson, Domino Theory
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Lyndon johnson was a senate majority leader: the great society: going beyond the new deal, The civil right act: passed by lbj, not jfk. Kkk by sheriff price, price helps with investigation, conspiracy to murder these men. History of exploitation, during war ho leads independence movement, rise up against japanese hoping to secure independence, but france wants colony back: ho chi minh: vietnamese nationalist and communist, wants to redistribute land in. The domino theory was used by successive united states administrations during the cold. War to justify the need for american intervention around the world: ngo dinh diem puppet regime: brutal dictator who oppressed the peasant population in. Us is backing up him and his army, fighting diem to get ho chi minh to unify north and. South, rigged elections makes diem stay in power, get so messy in south that buddhist monks protest by lighting themselves on fire, would rather die than live under brutal rule.
