HIS 17B Lecture : The US in Korea and Vietnam 1945-1975
Document Summary
Terms: ho chi minh, gulf of tonkin resolution, credibility gap, tet offensive: korea. Korea had been a colony of japan since 1910. After wwi the us & soviet union agreed to split korea into 2 temporarily; each country set up gov"t controlled by allied power. Sungman rhee set up gov"t in south; with repressive method. Us pressured him to hold elections in june 1950. Us suggested they divide vietnam in 2: ho chi minh controlled north; Ngo diem controlled south (catholic; hostile to buddhism. Us government fall of 1963, considers the assassination against diem. Gave approval to military coup, even though kennedy never directly stated/commanded giving assassination orders. Kennedy assassinated when diem was assassinated: reasons: some say kennedy was killed b/c he tried to pull out troops from vietnam. Us military personnel in vietnam: you can see that there"s a full scale escalation in. 100,000"s of troops sent to vietnam toward the 1965 and until 1971 (done by johnson)
