HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Photojournalism, Conscientious Objector, Gook
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French indochina (vietnam, cambodia, laos) 1887-1954 (1620: mission civilisatrice (civilizing mission, vietnam regions: tonkin (north), annam (central), cochinchina (south, separate governments divide and conquer. What are the geopolitics of proxy wars: vietnamese do not want war or foreign intervention and no north/south. 1-2 million civilian deaths: millions of civilians wounded, millions of people displaced. 18-25 year old males drafted: rural communities. 1/3 of soldiers drafted: others hope by volunteering, they wouldn"t be in front lines, many cannot even identify vietnam on map. What are the costs of a civil war? difficult to identify who is the enemy: divided families, fighting one another, america became involved, escalating the situation civilians enemies anti-imperialists nationalists communists insurgents. The uncensored media and war first television war: living room war photojournalism body counts. Saigon execution photo by eddie adams: condemned for portraying inhumanity even though we were doing the same thing. Not our sons, not your sons, not their sons .
