vietnam conflict day 2
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1. Was a limited war 1. Was a limited war 2. Civilians making military 2. Civilians making military
decisionsdecisions4.4. Enemy difficult to Enemy difficult to identify:identify:
- Didn’t wear uniforms- Didn’t wear uniforms- “Switched” sides - “Switched” sides - Non-traditional - Non-traditional
soldiers soldiers women, elderly, childrenwomen, elderly, children
Issues that made this Issues that made this conflict different from conflict different from
othersothers
3.3. US knew very little about US knew very little about country… NV took advantage country… NV took advantage of landscape and avoided open of landscape and avoided open combatcombat
Issues that made this Issues that made this conflict different from conflict different from
othersothers5. War 5. War televised televised with with daily daily death death countcount
6. At 6. At home, home, oppositiopposition arose on arose
Involvement under Involvement under EisenhowerEisenhower
US formed US formed SEATO to SEATO to protect South protect South Vietnam, Laos Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia & Cambodia from from communismcommunism
(South East (South East Asian Treaty Asian Treaty Organization)Organization)
Involvement under Involvement under IkeIke
Dai → Paris Dai selected Ngo Dinh Diem
to be his Prime Minister
Diem corrupt & repressive Refused to participate in country elections Won S. elections with 98% (!!) of vote…
rigged?? Coined the phrase “Viet Cong” Seized land from peasants -- VC were giving it
Involvement under Involvement under KennedyKennedy Sent Sent
Green Green Berets toBerets totrain SV train SV armyarmy
Military Military increase:increase: 1961 = 1961 = 800800 1963= 1963= 16,70016,700
Operations (started by SV w/ Operations (started by SV w/ US help)US help)
1.1. Operation Sunrise:Operation Sunrise:2.2. Strategic Hamlets:Strategic Hamlets:3. Operation Ranch 3. Operation Ranch Hand:Hand:
Involvement under Involvement under JFKJFK
Robert McNamara, Defense Robert McNamara, Defense Secretary:Secretary:Visits S. Vietnam – May 1962
““We are We are winning winning the war."the war."
Involvement under Involvement under JFKJFK CIA said NV persecuting N. Catholics (??)
They fled south and… Uprooted Buddhists who were not on good
terms with Diem b/c he = Catholic wouldn’t let them display religious flags
Buddhists peacefully demonstrated… And MASSACRE occurred
Buddhists protested the killings by…
“Passers-by stop to watch as flames envelope a young Buddhist monk,
Saigon, October 5th, 1963.
The man sits impassively in the central market square, he has set himself on fire performing a ritual
suicide in protest against governmental anti-Buddhist policies. Crowds gathered to protest in Hue
after the South Vietnamese government prohibited Buddhists from carrying flags on Buddha's
birthday. Government troops opened fire to disperse the dissidents, killing
nine people, Diems government blamed the incident on the Vietcong and never admitted responsibility. The Buddhist leadership quickly organized demonstrations that eventually led to seven monks burning themselves to death.”
… and Diem viewed as embarrassment
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