HIST 1351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Geneva Conference (1954), Operation Rolling Thunder, Flexible Response
Document Summary
War abroad and at home vietnam era 1961-1975: u. s. involvement in vietnam 1945-1963 role of french, ho chi minh, vietminh, under truman, under eisenhower, domino effect, dienbienphu, 1954, geneva accords; diem in south 1955, under kennedy (flexible response) But how it was portrayed in the press was as a military victory. The press focused on the coordinated attack which made it look like a win for the north even though it was a military failure. It also convinced many of johnson"s advisors that the u. s. could not win: johnson faces democratic opposition, eugene mccarthy antiwar, from minnesota. Did fairly well in early democratic primaries when running for president: robert f. kennedy, attorney general over the fbi. Vietnamese troops: invasion of cambodia, april 1970, new york times told the americans about the bombings in cambodia. And on april 30 it was announced that america had already invaded.
