HI114 Study Guide - Walt Whitman Rostow, Mcgeorge Bundy, Haiphong
Document Summary
The vietnam war: the early years: from truman to kennedy: the vietnam war- 1954-1975. President"s truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson and nixon. 4 million vietnamese soldiers/civilians killed (10% of the population. Americans did not support the war effort. Felt it was unnecessary: the french roots of america"s war. Had been fighting the chinese, japanese and french to fight off attempted colonization. Travelled the world and sought vietnamese independence. Wanted an end to colonial involvement in his country. In the 1920"s and 1930"s he is increasingly drawn to the communist party because they took the issue of colonialism seriously: similar to the africans who saw the communists attempts to end racism. 1940-1941 (wwii: vietnam occupied by japan. As a result viet minh is organized (1941: coalition of nationalist groups led by communist party. August 1945 (end of wwii: the viet minh fights off the japanese and liberates vietnam, as a result independence is claimed under the democratic.
