vietnam. vietnam war 1955 - 1975 vietnam is a french colony (since the 1800s) ho chi minh used...
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VIETNAM
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VIETNAM WAR1955 - 1975Vietnam is a French colony (since the 1800s)
Ho Chi Minh• used nationalism to fight for independence• 1945 succeeds & creates Communist North Vietnam
US sees this as a threat during the Cold War = containment
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Where is Vietnam?
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Vietnam War 1955 - 1975
• 1955 US backed Ngo Dinh Diem, of S. Vietnam• Harsh, Catholic, US educated leader in a Buddhist country
• 1963 Diem is assassinated, JFK shortly after• Viet Cong in S. Vietnam fought foreign influence
(‘Charlie’)• US escalation 1964 – 1968 (Johnson)• 1973 last US soldiers leave• 1975 S. Vietnam falls to
Communist N. Vietnam
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Why did we go to War?• Cold War• Containment• Domino Theory
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Why were there protests?• Lies & Atrocities
• Pentagon Papers – Gov’t lied• My Lai Massacre
• Media & Deaths of US soldiers• Draft & Conscientious Objectors
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Kent State Massacre
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“With all the arguments and discussions about the Vietnam War, what did the visual image do? It ended the war” – Cornell Capa
• Children fleeing a napalm attack, 6/8/1972
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Who won, who lost?
“We are the unwilling working for the unqualified to do the unnecessary for the ungrateful.”
– Kit Bowen, First Infantry Division, Oregon
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Why did the US leave? Possible explanations:
• We underestimated the N. Vietnamese• We could not disrupt the supply line (Ho Chi Minh Trail)• We could not shut down the tunnel system
• Goals were not clear• We didn’t fully understand the culture• Political difficulties & protests at home
• We won the battles, but stopped fighting• We left to let the S. Vietnamese fight their war• We used guns and bombs to try to win hearts and minds
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Viet Cong tunneling