HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Ngo Dinh Diem, Army Of The Republic Of Vietnam, Mission Creep
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How did the u. s. get into vietnam, mission creep: a series of small steps to lead to war. Domino theory: if one country falls for communism, the country next to it will fall into communism. Vietnam is split in half; the army must go north. In 2 years" time, there will be an election who runs vietnam (2) Ho chi minh: helped create the viet minh; he is like vietnam"s (1) U. s. breaks the geneva accords by recognizing a fake (1) country called south vietnam (2) (3) U. s. likes him because he is a huge anti- (a) communist (b) (c) In 1963, the u. s. supports an overthrow of diem. Decided to not protect him = political instability in (a) So many people fighting for position in charge of (b) The gulf of tonkin: the u. s. found an excuse to go to war (5) against north vietnam. Real story: de soto patrol: spook the north (a)
