HIST-H 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Eugene Mccarthy, Lesson Learned, Army Of The Republic Of Vietnam
Document Summary
The vietnam war grew out of the cold war policy of containment. It remained a minor conflict for the u. s. until lyndon johnson expanded it in 1964. The conflict ruptured american society in the 60s, split the nation into pro-war and anti-war factions and inflamed the pattern of student dissent that was already underway. Origins of vietnam war: eisenhower makes first commitment to south vietnam in 1954 to support diem government, ho chi minh-- worked as a cook in crooklyn in 1912 and studied communist theory in. France and soviet union led military victory that drove out french and then war vs us in. South vietnam: ho chi minh is a communist and we interpret his victory as a sign of communism spreading, he is really driven by goal of independence for vietnam vs colonial rule by french. France and china (in geneva convention) divide vietnam as france pulls out into north and south in 1954.
