HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: William Westmoreland, Guerrilla Warfare, Gook
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French indochina (vietnam, cambodia, laos) 1887-1954 (1620) Vietnam: tonkin (north), annam (central), cochinchina (south) France lost, vietnam thought they gained independence. But america began to give aid in hopes that countries like vietnam would turn away from communism. North controlled by soviet union and china. Vietnamese did not want to be colonized by anyone else, so they fought for their independence. Divisive war that lasted a long time. Historiography and iconography of the vietnam war. Celebrating the day -- it is a day of liberation and freedom from oppression and colonial rule for those living in vietnam. For those here in the united states part of the diaspora -- it is a day of sadness and grief for the loss of their country. Images that people still remember from the war. Young men were the war and they did not even know why they were fighting or what they were fighting for. 1. 3 million soldier deaths (north and south)