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30:1 Moving Toward Conflict
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French Vietnam
• Colony• Rice/rubber plantation• Oppression of Vietnamese
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Ho Chi Minh
• Resisted French rule• Founded Indochinese Communist Party 1930• Exiled to USSR/China
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Vietminh
• Japanese occupation 1940-1945• Vietminh Goals: win independence• Sept. 2, 1945 (VJ Day) Vietnam declared
independence
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France wants it back!
• 1950 French Indochina War• Truman foreign policy-containment• US supports France/ally in war on communism
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Eisenhower’s Domino Theory
• Contain communism• Sink or Swim with Ngo Dinh Diem
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Geneva Accords 1954
• Dien Bien Phu falls• French Quit May 1954• Vietnam divided 17th parallel• Reunification elections 1956
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North VietnamHo Chi Minh
Communist-Hanoi
South VietnamNgo Dinh Diem
Nationalist-Saigon
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Ho Chi Minh v. Ngo Dinh Diem
Oppressive OppressiveCommunist corruptLand reform no land reformNational hero Catholic
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1957 Vietcong
• South Vietnam Communist Opposition Group• Oppose Ngo Dinh Diem• Guerilla Attacks
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
• Cambodia, Laos• Supply route for Vietcong
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Ngo Dinh Diem’s Assassination
• Land reform• Hamlet program• Buddhist demonstration• November 1, 1963• JFK’s Assassination
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LBJ and Vietnam
• U.S. will not be an appeaser
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
• August 2, 1964 USS Maddox• August 4, 1964 USS Maddox• LBJ bombs North Vietnam• August 7, 1964-Congress gave LBJ broad
military powers in Vietnam
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Operation Rolling Thunder
• Feb. 1965 First sustained bombing of North Vietnam
• June 1965-50,000 U.S. troops in SV
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30:2 U.S. Involvement and Escalation
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Johnson commits troops
• Campaign platform?• Secretary of State-Dean Rusk• Secretary of Defense-Robert McNamara• Congress/public support
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General William Westmoreland
• American commander• Questions ARNV abilities• 1967-500,000
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Vietcong Tactic
• Jungle• Guerilla• General population• Tunnels• Land mines and booby traps
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U.S. Strategy: War of Attrition
• Break morale• Continuous harassment• Body count
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Winning “Hearts and Minds”?
• Theory• Napalm• Agent orange• Search and destroy missions
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Sinking Morale of U.S. troops
• Causes: guerrilla warfare, jungle, not winning• Effects: drugs, violence
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Great Society Suffers
• Inflation• Tax revenue spent on war/not domestic reform
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“Living Room War”
• American v. Vietnamese deaths• Credibility gap