AUCW 212 Lecture 19: History Lecture Notes 112916
29 Nov 2016
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History lecture notes 11/29/16 the american vietnam war. Quagmire hypothesis-vietnam was a swamp america was trying to get out of, fault of the presidential advisors. Kennedy wanted to choose the brightest and best (academia and corporate minds) rather than politically experienced. Corporate america at this time remained loyal to leaders (presidents) even though they thought it was a bad idea. First major battle with north vietnamese-immediately successful but as soon as they go in the jungle they are massacred. Both sides walked away feeling like they had one. )n this interpretation you don"t blame the head (cid:523)president(cid:524) but the council, like parliament during american revolution. Stalemate approach-the presidents are responsible starting with truman. Not the fault of the government but the system, blame george kenan for devising the plan. Containment worked well in europe but not in china. Containment is a euro-centric strategy that we tried to universalize. Political clausewitzian-german, prussian militarian strategiest in the time of.
