Biography of Ho Chi Mhin from selected works. This document is a basic summary of the life of Nguyen Tat Thanh popularly known as Ho Chi Mhin. Ho Chi Mhin was the leader of the communist movement in Vietnam started as a liberation movement and gave his ideals to the north vietnameese and viet cong. He was also in the fonding group of the french communist party. Saigon was re-named Ho Vhi Mhin City in his honor after his death to heart failure when vietnam became completely communist. This document is important because of the facts it gives about the leader of the communist initiative in Vietnam obviously.
I picked Battlefield: Vietnam by Professor Robert K. Brigham. The document summarizes the war from begining to end. After a long conflict with France, Vietnam finally free itself from colonial rule in 1954. At the Geneva peace treaty, Vietnam was split at the split at the seventeenth parallel. The nation was thus split between Communist North and anti- Communist South. According to the treaty, Vietnam would hold elections in 1956 to unify the nation and the divsion would vanish. America distrusted the treaty beliving that it gave to much power to the communist party. The United States created the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) to bulid- up South Vietnam. In 1956, Ngo Dinh Diem came to power in South Vietnam and immediately claimed that the Northern Communist Party was attacking his newly form government. With the help of the American CIA, Diem passed laws that made it legal to throw somebody in jail if that person was a suspected communist without formal charges. The public backlash was immediate as buddhist monks and nuns, along with, students, bussiness people, and others was aganist Diem's rule. After Diem's attack on communism, North Vietnam started to try to overthrow Diem in 1959. The National Liberation Front (NLF) was born in 1960 and goal was to unify Vietnam and overthrow Diem. By 1963, The NLF successes had put the Diem faction in trouble. By 1964, both Diem and Kennedy was assinated. LBJ then ordered more troops to fight the NLF which cause a national uproar in America. The War ended in 1975 with the Communist side winning. This document does a good job explaning the events around the Vietnam war.
---Battlefield:Vietnam--- Pretty much just a summary of the war. In my opinion, it was a sick, devestating war. I was effected by just seeing some of the pictures from it. But yeah, bad war, war is bad, the 60's sucked, we shouldn't kill Vietnamese people and children and stuff, and yupp. Peace in the far east
Texas Tech, The Vietnam Project, is to educate the American people about the American Vietnam experience. This research done by Texas Tech University promotes a greater understanding of this what happened and the cultures of Southeast Asia. The function of this research are to collect data of: education through exhibits, educational programs, encouragement of scholarly research through exchanges, and financial support. I chose this article because it helps people understand what happened and why this project was created. Many researches have turned up successful and I think that this project is well on its way to being finished.
i chose the Battlefield:Vietnam. It was a brief backround about the war between france and vietnam. France finally sued for peace after a long time of fighting up into 1954. Then it talked about how vietnam was split, due to the Geneva treaty... Vietnam later tried to overthrow Diem along with the NLF-national liberation front- he attacked communissim-- later Diem and Kennedy were killed. then the war ended in 1975.. yeah that was about it in the document....the pictures were very disturbing too...how can people be so sick in the F'n head to do that to other people?!?! god, people are CrAzY man..
This article Battlefield:Vietnam written by Professor Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College talks about the second indochina war that was from 1954-1975. This war was caused from between France and Vietnam. This disagreement was due to the defeat of france to leave leave Vietname after 100 years of colonial rule. General Vo Nguyen Giap was a nationalist forced the troups to outpost of Dien Bien Phu in the northwest corner of Vietnam.
Texas Tech University, The Vietnam Project -- The Vietnam project at Texas Tech University was established to help support those who experienced the Vietnam War, especially those who are American Vietnam. Its purpose is to help preserve Vietnamese's history and materials, hole education programs, and persue the research. -- This document was important in the context of the war becuase it shows what Americans did after the war in vietnam. They did not just leave Vietnam, but tried to settle with them through this project.
Hans J. Morgenthau, "To Intervene or Not To Intervene," Foreign Affairs, April 1967
In this passage, Hans J. Morgenthau discusses the idea of "intervention." Intervention, from the time of the ancient Greeks to this day, has been a result of states finding it advantageous for their own benefit to intervene in other state's affairs. While it may be advantageous for one state, the other state may very well be opposed towards intervention. Sometimes intervention is necessary for a state to survive, and sometime, intervention is merely a game for competetive states to spread and defend their own ideologies. For instance, the United States and the Soviet Union, instead of confronting each other openly and directly about their conflicting idealogies of communism and anticommunism, they instead, tried to outdo one another in spreading their ideologies toward other states.
This document is important in context to the Vietman war because the U.S.'s justification for intervening in the Vietnam war was to fight against the spread of Communism. Basically, the US was scared that if Communism took ahold of Vietnam, then pretty soon, Communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia, and from there, throughout the whole world. During the the mid to late 1900s, Communism anywhere in the world was thought of as an extension of the Soviet Union's power. Therefore, today, there are many who question about the U.S.'s intervention and motive in the Vietnam war. Did the U.S. merely wanted to stop the spread of Communism, or did it wanted to beat the Soviet Union in stopping the spread of communism, and instead, spread its own capitalist ideologies throughtout the world?
In the article, First Draft of "Aims and Options in Southeast Asia," McNaughton wrote a draft about the goals and actions that should be taken into effect in Southeast Asia. Written in 10/13/64, the draft propose that United States aims in Southeast Asia are to help South Vietname and Laos to develop as independent countries, to get the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to leave its neighbors alone, and to protect US power and prestige. In South Vietnam, the US want to create and maintain a viable government and to make progress in pacification. The US proposed that North Vietnam stop training and sending personnel to wage war in South Vietnam and Laos and stop directing and controlling military actions in SVN and Laos. This draft also proposed military plans and negotiation to to change North Vietnam behavior towards South Vietnam. This article was important in the context of the war because it sets up a proposal of what is wrong and what is needed to be done to help South Vietnam and Laos.
president Kennedy's presidential news conferance. it was reall shorrt the was one question asked tothe president and iwas if there were American troops going to be sent over to S. Vietnam to stop the communist party from invading? Kennedy answered by saying they do have a group preparing but he said theat they are stil taking it under consideration. the confrence was that simple. it was one question asked and one question asnwered.
Document:Eisenhower on the Strategic Link between French Forces in Europe and Vietnam Author: Dwight D. Eisenhower from Mandate for Change. This document was important in the context of the war because Eisenhower explains that they have recognized the need for stopping communism. He explains to the people of the United States what first occured and why it was hard to help either the French and the Vietnamese. Eisenhower states that immmediately after he was put into office, they began working on plan to stop communism. Its also important because it helps to explain the actions of the United States government during this time.
Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University. Basically this project was meant for people to understand more of what went on in Vietnam and what the Americans and Vietnamese citizens experienced during this time. I think this project is very important and interesting because people get educated very thoroughly about the damage this war caused to all those innocent people getting killed and also informs on those not so innocent. It allows people to research both sides of the war.
The function of this research are to collect data of: education through exhibits, educational programs, encouragement of scholarly research through exchanges, and financial support.In his speech, Kennedy says that the communist world is unstable so it can no longer eliminate all social and international conflicts. In the long run, communism will get the country nowhere. This document is important in context to the Vietman war because the U.S.'s justification for intervening in the Vietnam war was to fight against the spread of Communism. Basically, the US was scared that if Communism took ahold of Vietnam, then pretty soon, Communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia, and from there, throughout the whole world.
I read a speech by Arizona Representative Morris K. Udall, delievered in 1967. It talks about how the war really isn't paying off--it's expensive in money and lives, and there's never any good news about an important victory or development. Udall is losing faith with the war effort because it's not accomplishing anything, and he says he fears things will only get worse and that more American soldiers will be killed or maimed. This is important to the war both because Udall's predictions came true and because it is part of the beginning of the anti-war movement. Millions of students became disillusioned with the war just like Udall did, for the same reasons--high casualties and a lack of a clear goal. They feared that things would only get worse. Udall's speech was a forecast of what popular opinion would become during the Vietnam War.
I chose: Ho Chi Minh selected works vol.2. The reading is about the life of Nguyen Tat Thanh aka Ho Chi Minh. He was an influential communist leader in Vietnam. Minh founded the French Communists party. He was involved in "radical activities". Later on he also founded the Indochinese communist party. When Japan surrendered to Vietnam, Minh was recognized as the president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This is important to the history of the war because as I said before he was a very influential leader.
I read the article which Franklin Roosevelt talked about French Rule in Indochina.In this article Roosevelt gave his opinion about China's independence. Roosevelt thought that China wasn't ready to be independent and that they should set up a trusteeship with people frrom several different countries. He though there should be a Frenchman,one or two Indo-Chinese, a Chinese,and a Russian on the trustee board. He also suggested that a Filipino and an American to help educate them on self government. Roosevelt though that theindependence might "bust up" the British empire because the Burmese might do the same thing to England.
The document is the Biography of Ho Chi Mhin from Selected Works. It is about Ho Chi Mhin, Nguyen Tat Thanh, life. He formed the Vietminh which fought the japanese and gain power in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi after Japan's surrender. He became the president of Vietnam. French wanting its colony fought with Vietminh in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The republic broke into North and South with south fighting the United States. Ho Chi Mhin is important because he help form the communist party in Vietnam which the U.S. fought against.
Roosevelt and Stalin Discuss the Future of French Rule in Indochina, Teheran Conference, November 28, 1943, from Major Problems in American Foreign Policy, Volume II: Since 1914, 4th edition, edited by Thomas G. Paterson and Dennis Merrill (Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1995), p. 189.
In this document, it is explained that FDR thought the French had to become honest citizens of Vietnam. Stalin agrees with this and goes on to say that he is against bloodshed by the French in order to restore Indochina to French colonial status. FDR agrees and mentions that the Vietnamese were better off before occupation by the French. It is obvious that his views were far different from those of JFK and LBJ.
The Declaration of Independence for the Vietnamese was written by the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam. This transient government set up this declaration to give structure to life in Vietnam, much like how America declared independence from Britain. This provisional government refers to "they" over and over in the declaration. A few years after this declaration was written, America chose to attack Vietnam and destroy its independence in the Vietnam war.
---Biography of Ho Chi Mhin--- This document is summarizing the social and political life of Ho Chi Minh. He was the Vietnamese Communist leader and the principal force behind the Vietnamese struggle against French colonial rule. Ho was the son of an official who had resigned in protest against French domination of his country. Ho started off as a private school teacher and later became a cook on French Navy ship in the World War. He helped found the French Communist Party and later organized a revolutionary movement among Vietnamese exiles. He was forced to leave China due to his Communist participation, but he returned in 1930 and started the Indochinese Communist party (ICP). Ho Chi Mhin later died due to heart failure, and the city of Saigon was named after him in his honor.
My document was pesrident Eisenhower addressing someone on the war. In my opinoin he did not really know what he was talking about. Ike may have had good intentions, because he mentioned the Vietnamese being in charge of themselves, but in the long run things did not turn out good.
Battlefield Vietnam: A Brief History -Professor Robert K. Brigham
This document is basically about the history of the Vietnam War, as well as the history of how South Vietnam came to be established and what occured to start the war. Professor Robert K. Brigham goes into detail about how France was forced to leave Vietnam due to their defeat, which "convinced the French that they could not longer maintain their Indochinese colonies." Thus, Paris quickly sued for peace, and the Geneva Accord came into being. Brigham then goes into the description of the role of SEATO and the creation of South Vietnam. President Eisenhower used SEATO to "create a new nation from dust in southern Vietnam." Using massive amounts of American military, political, and economic aid, South Vietnam was born. Upon creation, Ngo Dinh Diem claimed his new government was under attack from the north. In 1957, with American aid, Diem started to fight back. Brigham then goes on to describe the role of monks, attempts by the Communist Party to reunify Vietnam, the NLF, President Kennedy's actions, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, reactions in the U.S. to the war, The Tet Offensive, and President Nixon's actions (the Paris Peace Agreement).
I suppose this document is important in the context of the war because it lays everything out in the open. Who knows how many people have read this, or whether the man who wrote this is bigoted in any way, but nonetheless, it puts the history of the war in the public eye. It states the role, and actions, of the United States (POV?) and goes into the actions of Vietnam and the surrounding countries.
-Tonkin Intercepts- From what I can tell, this document shows that the US was shadowing ships that the Vietnamese controlled. In this document there are orders relayed to and messages intercepted from ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. It also shows US provocation against the Vietnamese. Congress allowed more troops to go because US ships were attacked, but this shows that the US attacked first. As well as a further invasion plan from the US against the Vietnamese. The importance of this document in the context of the war is self explainitory, it is invasion/surveillance logs.
this document describes the life of Minh and what he experienced before becoming the communist leader of north vietnam. this document is important to the Vietnam war because Ho Chi Minh is why the war started and involved the United States. Mihn had control over north vietnam and was a communist. however, the south was not. the U.S. didnt want the ideas of communism to spread and take over asia and the entire world so they felt that it was thir "duty" to "protect" the world and "save" it from the spread of communism. the U.S. then joined with south vietnam to fight the north and defeat communism. however they did not succeed and the north (comminust) won the war against the south.
I decided to read the Battlefield written by professor Robert Brigham. I thought this document did a great job of telling or givining a lot of the different aspects that occured during the war. Starting with the fighting with france, it goes on to tell how the war escelated and later lead to the interferance with the US because of their fear of having communism spreading or in other words the domino effect. The document also gives great insight to the reaction of the people in both virtnam and in the US. Many people in the us protested against the war, while in vietnam because of attacks on buddist, many of the people began to take a revolutionary violent approach by causing self mutilation and other violent acts. After diem was over thrown with the help of the US president Kennedy was assinated. Although there were a series of events that took place after words the war finally ended soon after there was an agreement to an Armistice.
This document identifies the corruption that is present in our government: *why was the secretary or state meeting with the french forgien minister, shouldnt they be meeting with the Vietnamese leaders *why do they have the right to decide what is necciary in Vietnam? *Further more why are they violating the indochinese countries when the are supposidly concerned for the vietnamese “guenunine independence” *Is democratic and peacefull development relating at all to massive bombing and killings and oppression?
in short: the secretary of state along with the french minister have decided that their countries need power in the Indochina region so they produce an acceptable lie to tell their countries allowing them to invade. This way written by our very own secretary of state it is important in the context of war because it states the involvement of the us in the vietnam war and it also shows the imperialistic ways of this capitalistic oppressive government
I chose the Rules of engagement that was instituted after the Gulf of Tonkin conflict. It was written by the U.S. government officials (president) in order to protect the U.S. after a supposed sneak attack on a ship sailing in international waters (the gulf). These rules were important to the war because it was yet another way for the U.S. to help out South Vietnam. They stated that any threatening or warlike actions or reactions in an aircraft like 3 miles from a U.S. ship could be shot down or "destroyed" by the same U.S. ship. This helped lower the activeness of the "war in the air" because these rules were so restricting to the Vietnamese and could be used by the U.S. to defend damn near any attack.
The document I picked was: Conversations between the Soviets and the Vietnamese, 1969. Written by Counselor Comrade Zelentsov, V.A.; the talk was recorded by the second secretary Goritskii, V.A., the document basically a conversation with the head of the DRV delegation Comrade Xuan Thuy and the head of the NLFSV delegation Comrade Tran Buu Kiem at the Paris negotiations. Once the conversation started there were a lot of ideas being thrown around. Tran Buu Kiem basically said that the U.S. doesn't know how exactly to end the Vietnam problems because the country to trying to use it Military Strength to end the war. Not only that but the French had plans to actually take back South Vietnam but not as the power they once were in the region. They also thought that since the U.S. wasn't taking much of anything seriously(their solutions to the problem weren't realistic), the french figured that they could definitely get Nixon to go through with their proposal.
This document was definitely important to the context of war because while the U.S. thought that they had everything covered there were conversations going on behind their back to stop them and all their efforts. It was also important because it was a conversation that was getting the opinion of different countries within the world for different solutions and views on the war. It was a very interesting document because U.S. military power couldn't solve the problem in Vietnam and all the countries within this conversation knew it.
The document I picked was: Conversations between the Soviets and the Vietnamese, 1969. Written by Counselor Comrade Zelentsov, V.A.; the talk was recorded by the second secretary Goritskii, V.A., the document basically a conversation with the head of the DRV delegation Comrade Xuan Thuy and the head of the NLFSV delegation Comrade Tran Buu Kiem at the Paris negotiations. Once the conversation started there were a lot of ideas being thrown around. Tran Buu Kiem basically said that the U.S. doesn't know how exactly to end the Vietnam problems because the country to trying to use it Military Strength to end the war. Not only that but the French had plans to actually take back South Vietnam but not as the power they once were in the region. They also thought that since the U.S. wasn't taking much of anything seriously(their solutions to the problem weren't realistic), the french figured that they could definitely get Nixon to go through with their proposal.
This document was definitely important to the context of war because while the U.S. thought that they had everything covered there were conversations going on behind their back to stop them and all their efforts. It was also important because it was a conversation that was getting the opinion of different countries within the world for different solutions and views on the war. It was a very interesting document because U.S. military power couldn't solve the problem in Vietnam and all the countries within this conversation knew it.
"Conversations Between the Soviets and the Vietnamese" by V.A. Zorin: The document exemplifies the state of confusion and the somewhat stalemate that the United States and Vietnamese have gotten themselves into. The US doesn't feel that they have won the war but see that winning isn't in its near future. The Russians are attempting to help the Vietnamese settle the situation. But all along, the United States and Soviet Union are in their own little war occuring through the Vitenam War, who can supply more help, whose side (North or South) can win it, what will prevail, Communism or Democracy
I choose the Texas Tech, The Vietnam Project document. It stated that American should know more about the American Vietnam experience. This is research is important because it would should what really happened. How it was really like for the American but also the Vietnamese people. You can learn more about the people there. I chose this because they are lots of articles, movies, people stating the half truths about what really happen in the Vietnam experience.
i chose the document about Ho Chi Minh. it basically talks about how he was the Vietnamese communist leader and the principle fore behind the struggle aginst French colonial rule. Then it talks about his youth and how he got to be involved in taking part in all of the communiist organizations and leadrerships that he was. This document is important to the vietnamese war agaist the french because it was a pivitol point in ther history. it was pivitol because the issue of who was going to rule over vietnamese was up in the air. this article was from Ho Chi Minh, Selected Works (Hanoi, 1960-1962), Vol. 2
I chose the Biolography of Ho Chi Mhin because it was very interesting. it shows how he rise to power and how became a big part of the Soviet Union scheme. it's very ironic that he will attack the french later on while he was a cook on board for the french years ago. he did the right thing for his country by declaring independence from the french and did all means to accomplish it. this article is very interesting.
I chose the Biolography of Ho Chi Mhin because it was very interesting. it shows how he rise to power and how became a big part of the Soviet Union scheme. it's very ironic that he will attack the french later on while he was a cook on board for the french years ago. he did the right thing for his country by declaring independence from the french and did all means to accomplish it. this article is very interesting.
What Texas Tech tried to do to me sounds good. They tried to find a way to underdstand the whole vietnam problem. They tried to find a way to explain the choice the U.S. made when it came to the war.
"Vietnam sees War's Legacy in its Young" by Seth Mydans. This report is about how the war has left many damaging effects on the Vietnamese society, specially the south, after the war. The issues being adressed in here is the devastating results of the herbacide, Agent Orange, which was sprayed in the south during the war. There are many kids being born that are deformed or mentally retareded, especially the ones of soldiers who fought in the war. It also talks about how the US doesnt want to take care of these people, but yet they talk a lot about human rights and humanity. This document is important because it shows the damaging effects the war had on vietnam and how the US doesnt want to help repair it.
Roosevelt and Stalin Discuss the Future of French Rule in Indochina, Teheran Conference, November 28, 1943
In this article, edited by Thomas G. Paterson and Dennis Merrill, President FDR and Josef Stalin discuss French rule in IndoChina at the Teheran Conference. After being subject to rule by so many different nations, Indochina was ready to rule itself. FDR spoke in words that make it seem as if he wanted to help Indochina, but then i get the feeling he only wants to because he wants to get back at France. FDR and Stalin speak about indochina as if it is a possesion when really it is it's own country.
Heard, Augustine, "France and Indo-China," The Century, vol. 32, issue 3 (July 1886).
This article talks about the French in Asia during the imperialist approach to the world in the late 1800s. The French went out in search for raw materials and markets for their industrialization. It is kind of weird to look at France this way b/c France has lost the majority of the wars it has been in. Also, in WW2, the French surrendered early so that they would not be dominated by the Germans--but that's just me. This article sets up a historical context in the case that the French set up their own capitalist state, @ the Vietnamese's expense. They wanted the rubber produced there. The Vietnamese wanted the French out of Vietnam, and turned to communism to do so. This began a long conflict in Vietnam--a major battle of the cold war.
I picked the document the Declaration of Indepence of the Democratic Republic Vietnam. It was written by the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam. It said that in the U.S constitution it declared quality for all men, and on a braoder sense it means every man on earth was born with equal rights. In the French Declaration of Independence it stated that every man was born free and with equality, and must remain free and equal. To the vietnamese neither have stuck to their word. The French colonized Vietnam against their own will. They have inflicted harsh punishment upon vietnam and caused many to die of starvation. They secretly sold the vietnames freedom to Japan and then they colonized them. The French have deprived them of every democratic liberty, froced unjust laws, and created three distinct regimes in North, Central, and South vietnam to keep the country from being unified. The vietnames have vowed in this Declaration to fight for their independence.
This Declaration for Independence is the cause for the vietnam war. They want their independence from the French and Japanese colonial powers.The French did not want them to have it so war began. The U.S got involved to "protect" south vietnam from northern communist vietnam.
I read an article by James p. Sterba on the reactions of the American soldiers after their surrender at Saigon and ultimate loss of the war that was posted in teh New York Times on May 1, 1975. It explained that some of the soldiers were relieved to be out of Vietnam because they were drained from all the fighting. It mentioned the response of giving no response out of respect for the president's wishes. It explained that some of the soldiers were upset because they did not like to lose. It also talked about how some of teh troops were sad because they lost many of their friends in a war that may not have been necessary to fight....I ran out of time!
The document i chose was Battlefield:Vietnam. In this document the many differnt aid organizations that were born from the wars during this time period. These organizations played a major role in the overall outcome of the war, how the opposing countries interacted during the war, as well as the way countries view themselves in today's world. This document is important becuase it holds such immense relevance in the world we live in today with all of the conflicts currently going on. - Quentin M
President Truman's Radio Report to the American People on Korea and on U.S. Policy in the far East, April 11, 1951; this article is about Truman addressing the American people that the involvement in Korea is to stop a third world war. He spreads propoganda that the Communists have a conspiracy to "stamp" out freedom from the world, and the U.S. would be a prime target. The president states that "aggression anywhere in the world is a threat to peace everywhere in the world." This article was written by The Pentagon Papers. I think this is important in the context of the war because Communism is the whole reason that they were fighting. This serves to prove that the U.S. was indeed out to destroy Communism.
Dien Bien Phu 1954 battle changed Vietnam's history
This article just described what the battle of Dien Bien Phu was all about. The French camped in a valley because we all know about their military genius. Then they got shot up from the mountains around them because they thought the Viet Minh couldn't or wouldn't bring artillery there. The French lost which is very surprising... haha...
Bruce Kennedy wrote the article.
This article is about a battle that started the Vietnam war. It was the first time that a people had overthrown their colonial oppressors. North and South Vietnam were set up afterwards. The whole rest of the story goes from there.
By the way, it's not like Ho Chi Minh was some angelic liberator. He's goes on to murder 1,700,000 of his own people while in power excluding starvation. Great guy huh?
The Declaration of the Democratic Republic of Viet-nam was talking all about how basicall all the ways that France screwed them over and that they weren't going to take it anymore. They mentiond the part of our constitution (or Declaration Independence I forgot) that everyone was created equal but yet so many countries that say they live by this model barely follow through with it.
well the article I read was basically a timeline of events that lead to the bombing of vietnam.It was written by Professor K. Brigham at Vassar College. Title: Battlefield Vietnam: A Brief history. It is important in the context of the war b/c it explain step by step the events or problem that led to the bombing. America had alot of influence in these events.Kennedy wanted to stay neutral as always but during Nixon's presidency the bombs were released.he borrowed strategies from Johnson's plan but these strategies brought the troops placed in vietnam home but it increased the air war.Nixon then released a series of deadly bombing raids against targets in the DRV's largest cities now know as the christmas bombing.
PBS By Professor Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College The Geneva peace accords summed up the problems of the international cold war. According to the Geneva accords Vietnam would hold elections to try and reunite the country. The US was against it because they thought it would give too much power to the communist party in Vietnam. Instead the US helped support Vietnam by creating agreements with SEATO. Under SEATO Eisenhower helped create a new nation through all the problems going on in Vietnam. When the election was supposed to be held Diem, who was in power, cancelled the election beucase he knew he was going to lose and he wanted power so the Geneva peace accord was a total loss on all parts.
Biography on Ho Chi Minh Source: Ho Chi Minh, Selected Works (Hanoi, 1960-1962), Vol. 2 Ho Chi Minh, whose real name was Nguyen Tat Thanh, lived from 1890-1969. He was a Communist leader from Vietnam and was the big push against the French rule. He attended public school and then taught at a private school. He was summoned to Moscow for training and then was sent to Canton, China. He there organized a revolutionary movement among Vietnam exiles. He was then forced out of China because the local government exiled all communist ideas. He returned to China to found the Indochinese Communist party (ICP). Ho also had and recovered from Tuberculosis. After Japan had taken power, he summoned people of the ICP and tried to get rid of Japan. After Japan had surrendered, he became president. Ho Chi Minh was one of the main founders of communism in Vietnam. He was important by being the ruler and helped Vietnam get rid of the French but he also brought Communism along with him.
The document i read was the Twelve year old child killed, 1968, by tim page. It was about a child getting shot by a US helicopter. it is important because it shows that the US just shot at who ever without mercy.
According to my point of view I agree with the Colonbian Exchange version.I cannot fail to recognize that if it was not for Columbus discovery we would not have some foods and other things now a days.But I cannot ignore the fact that he ruined many peoles lives and contributed to the death of millions of people.
In the Biography of Ho Chi Mhin, it basically summarizes how he lead the communist movement in Vietnam. His ideas were shared amonst northern Vietnam and he founded the Indochinese Communist Party and he was a represenative for the Communist International. Several years after his death in 1969, Saigon was named after him in his honor. Even though the document briefly explains his life, it is important because it focuses on key accomplishment of Ho Chi Mhin.
I relly like this blog, im sure ill be in here more often it really shows history and im sure that this will help in the future. All the information is great and it really explains the events, the picrures are also very clear and are able to give me a visual image of thta poin in history.=) ..yuliana Garcia.. Hr.9
I relly like this blog, im sure ill be in here more often it really shows history and im sure that this will help in the future. All the information is great and it really explains the events, the picrures are also very clear and are able to give me a visual image of thta poin in history.=) ---Battlefield:Vietnam--- It was a summery about all the things that happened from begining to end. How Vietnam finally free itself from colonial rule. It talkes baout the treaties that were made and the new laws.It talkes abput the causes and the ffects of the war. ..yuliana Garcia.. Hr.9
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Biography of Ho Chi Mhin from selected works. This document is a basic summary of the life of Nguyen Tat Thanh popularly known as Ho Chi Mhin. Ho Chi Mhin was the leader of the communist movement in Vietnam started as a liberation movement and gave his ideals to the north vietnameese and viet cong. He was also in the fonding group of the french communist party. Saigon was re-named Ho Vhi Mhin City in his honor after his death to heart failure when vietnam became completely communist. This document is important because of the facts it gives about the leader of the communist initiative in Vietnam obviously.
I picked Battlefield: Vietnam by Professor Robert K. Brigham. The document summarizes the war from begining to end. After a long conflict with France, Vietnam finally free itself from colonial rule in 1954. At the Geneva peace treaty, Vietnam was split at the split at the seventeenth parallel. The nation was thus split between Communist North and anti- Communist South. According to the treaty, Vietnam would hold elections in 1956 to unify the nation and the divsion would vanish. America distrusted the treaty beliving that it gave to much power to the communist party. The United States created the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) to bulid- up South Vietnam. In 1956, Ngo Dinh Diem came to power in South Vietnam and immediately claimed that the Northern Communist Party was attacking his newly form government. With the help of the American CIA, Diem passed laws that made it legal to throw somebody in jail if that person was a suspected communist without formal charges. The public backlash was immediate as buddhist monks and nuns, along with, students, bussiness people, and others was aganist Diem's rule. After Diem's attack on communism, North Vietnam started to try to overthrow Diem in 1959. The National Liberation Front (NLF) was born in 1960 and goal was to unify Vietnam and overthrow Diem. By 1963, The NLF successes had put the Diem faction in trouble. By 1964, both Diem and Kennedy was assinated. LBJ then ordered more troops to fight the NLF which cause a national uproar in America. The War ended in 1975 with the Communist side winning. This document does a good job explaning the events around the Vietnam war.
---Battlefield:Vietnam---
Pretty much just a summary of the war. In my opinion, it was a sick, devestating war. I was effected by just seeing some of the pictures from it. But yeah, bad war, war is bad, the 60's sucked, we shouldn't kill Vietnamese people and children and stuff, and yupp. Peace in the far east
Texas Tech, The Vietnam Project, is to educate the American people about the American Vietnam experience. This research done by Texas Tech University promotes a greater understanding of this what happened and the cultures of Southeast Asia. The function of this research are to collect data of: education through exhibits, educational programs, encouragement of scholarly research through exchanges, and financial support. I chose this article because it helps people understand what happened and why this project was created. Many researches have turned up successful and I think that this project is well on its way to being finished.
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i chose the Battlefield:Vietnam. It was a brief backround about the war between france and vietnam. France finally sued for peace after a long time of fighting up into 1954. Then it talked about how vietnam was split, due to the Geneva treaty... Vietnam later tried to overthrow Diem along with the NLF-national liberation front- he attacked communissim-- later Diem and Kennedy were killed. then the war ended in 1975..
yeah that was about it in the document....the pictures were very disturbing too...how can people be so sick in the F'n head to do that to other people?!?! god, people are CrAzY man..
This article Battlefield:Vietnam written by Professor Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College talks about the second indochina war that was from 1954-1975. This war was caused from between France and Vietnam. This disagreement was due to the defeat of france to leave leave Vietname after 100 years of colonial rule. General Vo Nguyen Giap was a nationalist forced the troups to outpost of Dien Bien Phu in the northwest corner of Vietnam.
Texas Tech University, The Vietnam Project
-- The Vietnam project at Texas Tech University was established to help support those who experienced the Vietnam War, especially those who are American Vietnam. Its purpose is to help preserve Vietnamese's history and materials, hole education programs, and persue the research.
-- This document was important in the context of the war becuase it shows what Americans did after the war in vietnam. They did not just leave Vietnam, but tried to settle with them through this project.
Hans J. Morgenthau, "To Intervene or Not To Intervene," Foreign Affairs, April 1967
In this passage, Hans J. Morgenthau discusses the idea of "intervention." Intervention, from the time of the ancient Greeks to this day, has been a result of states finding it advantageous for their own benefit to intervene in other state's affairs. While it may be advantageous for one state, the other state may very well be opposed towards intervention. Sometimes intervention is necessary for a state to survive, and sometime, intervention is merely a game for competetive states to spread and defend their own ideologies. For instance, the United States and the Soviet Union, instead of confronting each other openly and directly about their conflicting idealogies of communism and anticommunism, they instead, tried to outdo one another in spreading their ideologies toward other states.
This document is important in context to the Vietman war because the U.S.'s justification for intervening in the Vietnam war was to fight against the spread of Communism. Basically, the US was scared that if Communism took ahold of Vietnam, then pretty soon, Communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia, and from there, throughout the whole world. During the the mid to late 1900s, Communism anywhere in the world was thought of as an extension of the Soviet Union's power. Therefore, today, there are many who question about the U.S.'s intervention and motive in the Vietnam war. Did the U.S. merely wanted to stop the spread of Communism, or did it wanted to beat the Soviet Union in stopping the spread of communism, and instead, spread its own capitalist ideologies throughtout the world?
In the article, First Draft of "Aims and Options in Southeast Asia," McNaughton wrote a draft about the goals and actions that should be taken into effect in Southeast Asia. Written in 10/13/64, the draft propose that United States aims in Southeast Asia are to help South Vietname and Laos to develop as independent countries, to get the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to leave its neighbors alone, and to protect US power and prestige. In South Vietnam, the US want to create and maintain a viable government and to make progress in pacification. The US proposed that North Vietnam stop training and sending personnel to wage war in South Vietnam and Laos and stop directing and controlling military actions in SVN and Laos. This draft also proposed military plans and negotiation to to change North Vietnam behavior towards South Vietnam. This article was important in the context of the war because it sets up a proposal of what is wrong and what is needed to be done to help South Vietnam and Laos.
president Kennedy's presidential news conferance. it was reall shorrt the was one question asked tothe president and iwas if there were American troops going to be sent over to S. Vietnam to stop the communist party from invading? Kennedy answered by saying they do have a group preparing but he said theat they are stil taking it under consideration. the confrence was that simple. it was one question asked and one question asnwered.
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Document:Eisenhower on the Strategic Link between French Forces in Europe and Vietnam
Author: Dwight D. Eisenhower from Mandate for Change.
This document was important in the context of the war because Eisenhower explains that they have recognized the need for stopping communism. He explains to the people of the United States what first occured and why it was hard to help either the French and the Vietnamese. Eisenhower states that immmediately after he was put into office, they began working on plan to stop communism. Its also important because it helps to explain the actions of the United States government during this time.
Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University. Basically this project was meant for people to understand more of what went on in Vietnam and what the Americans and Vietnamese citizens experienced during this time. I think this project is very important and interesting because people get educated very thoroughly about the damage this war caused to all those innocent people getting killed and also informs on those not so innocent. It allows people to research both sides of the war.
The function of this research are to collect data of: education through exhibits, educational programs, encouragement of scholarly research through exchanges, and financial support.In his speech, Kennedy says that the communist world is unstable so it can no longer eliminate all social and international conflicts. In the long run, communism will get the country nowhere. This document is important in context to the Vietman war because the U.S.'s justification for intervening in the Vietnam war was to fight against the spread of Communism. Basically, the US was scared that if Communism took ahold of Vietnam, then pretty soon, Communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia, and from there, throughout the whole world.
I read a speech by Arizona Representative Morris K. Udall, delievered in 1967. It talks about how the war really isn't paying off--it's expensive in money and lives, and there's never any good news about an important victory or development. Udall is losing faith with the war effort because it's not accomplishing anything, and he says he fears things will only get worse and that more American soldiers will be killed or maimed. This is important to the war both because Udall's predictions came true and because it is part of the beginning of the anti-war movement. Millions of students became disillusioned with the war just like Udall did, for the same reasons--high casualties and a lack of a clear goal. They feared that things would only get worse. Udall's speech was a forecast of what popular opinion would become during the Vietnam War.
I chose: Ho Chi Minh selected works vol.2. The reading is about the life of Nguyen Tat Thanh aka Ho Chi Minh. He was an influential communist leader in Vietnam. Minh founded the French Communists party. He was involved in "radical activities". Later on he also founded the Indochinese communist party. When Japan surrendered to Vietnam, Minh was recognized as the president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This is important to the history of the war because as I said before he was a very influential leader.
I read the article which Franklin Roosevelt talked about French Rule in Indochina.In this article Roosevelt gave his opinion about China's independence. Roosevelt thought that China wasn't ready to be independent and that they should set up a trusteeship with people frrom several different countries. He though there should be a Frenchman,one or two Indo-Chinese, a Chinese,and a Russian on the trustee board. He also suggested that a Filipino and an American to help educate them on self government. Roosevelt though that theindependence might "bust up" the British empire because the Burmese might do the same thing to England.
The document is the Biography of Ho Chi Mhin from Selected Works. It is about Ho Chi Mhin, Nguyen Tat Thanh, life. He formed the Vietminh which fought the japanese and gain power in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi after Japan's surrender. He became the president of Vietnam. French wanting its colony fought with Vietminh in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The republic broke into North and South with south fighting the United States. Ho Chi Mhin is important because he help form the communist party in Vietnam which the U.S. fought against.
Roosevelt and Stalin Discuss the Future of French Rule in Indochina, Teheran Conference, November 28, 1943, from Major Problems in American Foreign Policy, Volume II: Since 1914, 4th edition, edited by Thomas G. Paterson and Dennis Merrill (Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1995), p. 189.
In this document, it is explained that FDR thought the French had to become honest citizens of Vietnam. Stalin agrees with this and goes on to say that he is against bloodshed by the French in order to restore Indochina to French colonial status. FDR agrees and mentions that the Vietnamese were better off before occupation by the French. It is obvious that his views were far different from those of JFK and LBJ.
The Declaration of Independence for the Vietnamese was written by the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam. This transient government set up this declaration to give structure to life in Vietnam, much like how America declared independence from Britain. This provisional government refers to "they" over and over in the declaration. A few years after this declaration was written, America chose to attack Vietnam and destroy its independence in the Vietnam war.
---Biography of Ho Chi Mhin---
This document is summarizing the social and political life of Ho Chi Minh. He was the Vietnamese Communist leader and the principal force behind the Vietnamese struggle against French colonial rule. Ho was the son of an official who had resigned in protest against French domination of his country. Ho started off as a private school teacher and later became a cook on French Navy ship in the World War. He helped found the French Communist Party and later organized a revolutionary movement among Vietnamese exiles. He was forced to leave China due to his Communist participation, but he returned in 1930 and started the Indochinese Communist party (ICP). Ho Chi Mhin later died due to heart failure, and the city of Saigon was named after him in his honor.
My document was pesrident Eisenhower addressing someone on the war. In my opinoin he did not really know what he was talking about. Ike may have had good intentions, because he mentioned the Vietnamese being in charge of themselves, but in the long run things did not turn out good.
Battlefield Vietnam: A Brief History
-Professor Robert K. Brigham
This document is basically about the history of the Vietnam War, as well as the history of how South Vietnam came to be established and what occured to start the war. Professor Robert K. Brigham goes into detail about how France was forced to leave Vietnam due to their defeat, which "convinced the French that they could not longer maintain their Indochinese colonies." Thus, Paris quickly sued for peace, and the Geneva Accord came into being. Brigham then goes into the description of the role of SEATO and the creation of South Vietnam. President Eisenhower used SEATO to "create a new nation from dust in southern Vietnam." Using massive amounts of American military, political, and economic aid, South Vietnam was born. Upon creation, Ngo Dinh Diem claimed his new government was under attack from the north. In 1957, with American aid, Diem started to fight back. Brigham then goes on to describe the role of monks, attempts by the Communist Party to reunify Vietnam, the NLF, President Kennedy's actions, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, reactions in the U.S. to the war, The Tet Offensive, and President Nixon's actions (the Paris Peace Agreement).
I suppose this document is important in the context of the war because it lays everything out in the open. Who knows how many people have read this, or whether the man who wrote this is bigoted in any way, but nonetheless, it puts the history of the war in the public eye. It states the role, and actions, of the United States (POV?) and goes into the actions of Vietnam and the surrounding countries.
-Tonkin Intercepts-
From what I can tell, this document shows that the US was shadowing ships that the Vietnamese controlled. In this document there are orders relayed to and messages intercepted from ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. It also shows US provocation against the Vietnamese. Congress allowed more troops to go because US ships were attacked, but this shows that the US attacked first. As well as a further invasion plan from the US against the Vietnamese. The importance of this document in the context of the war is self explainitory, it is invasion/surveillance logs.
President Kennedy's speech to United Nations: September, 1961
In the speech he says that South Asia was already ay war.
He says the U.S. no interest in what they can gain, they just want to help.(Loas)
~Biography of Ho Chi Minh~
this document describes the life of Minh and what he experienced before becoming the communist leader of north vietnam. this document is important to the Vietnam war because Ho Chi Minh is why the war started and involved the United States. Mihn had control over north vietnam and was a communist. however, the south was not. the U.S. didnt want the ideas of communism to spread and take over asia and the entire world so they felt that it was thir "duty" to "protect" the world and "save" it from the spread of communism. the U.S. then joined with south vietnam to fight the north and defeat communism. however they did not succeed and the north (comminust) won the war against the south.
I decided to read the Battlefield written by professor Robert Brigham. I thought this document did a great job of telling or givining a lot of the different aspects that occured during the war. Starting with the fighting with france, it goes on to tell how the war escelated and later lead to the interferance with the US because of their fear of having communism spreading or in other words the domino effect. The document also gives great insight to the reaction of the people in both virtnam and in the US. Many people in the us protested against the war, while in vietnam because of attacks on buddist, many of the people began to take a revolutionary violent approach by causing self mutilation and other violent acts. After diem was over thrown with the help of the US president Kennedy was assinated. Although there were a series of events that took place after words the war finally ended soon after there was an agreement to an Armistice.
This document identifies the corruption that is present in our government:
*why was the secretary or state meeting with the french forgien minister, shouldnt they be meeting with the Vietnamese leaders
*why do they have the right to decide what is necciary in Vietnam?
*Further more why are they violating the indochinese countries when the are supposidly concerned for the vietnamese “guenunine independence”
*Is democratic and peacefull development relating at all to massive bombing and killings and oppression?
in short: the secretary of state along with the french minister have decided that their countries need power in the Indochina region so they produce an acceptable lie to tell their countries allowing them to invade.
This way written by our very own secretary of state
it is important in the context of war because it states the involvement of the us in the vietnam war and it also shows the imperialistic ways of this capitalistic oppressive government
I chose the Rules of engagement that was instituted after the Gulf of Tonkin conflict. It was written by the U.S. government officials (president) in order to protect the U.S. after a supposed sneak attack on a ship sailing in international waters (the gulf). These rules were important to the war because it was yet another way for the U.S. to help out South Vietnam. They stated that any threatening or warlike actions or reactions in an aircraft like 3 miles from a U.S. ship could be shot down or "destroyed" by the same U.S. ship. This helped lower the activeness of the "war in the air" because these rules were so restricting to the Vietnamese and could be used by the U.S. to defend damn near any attack.
The document I picked was: Conversations between the Soviets and the Vietnamese, 1969. Written by Counselor Comrade Zelentsov, V.A.; the talk was recorded by the second secretary Goritskii, V.A., the document basically a conversation with the head of the DRV delegation Comrade Xuan Thuy and the head of the NLFSV delegation Comrade Tran Buu Kiem at the Paris negotiations. Once the conversation started there were a lot of ideas being thrown around. Tran Buu Kiem basically said that the U.S. doesn't know how exactly to end the Vietnam problems because the country to trying to use it Military Strength to end the war. Not only that but the French had plans to actually take back South Vietnam but not as the power they once were in the region. They also thought that since the U.S. wasn't taking much of anything seriously(their solutions to the problem weren't realistic), the french figured that they could definitely get Nixon to go through with their proposal.
This document was definitely important to the context of war because while the U.S. thought that they had everything covered there were conversations going on behind their back to stop them and all their efforts. It was also important because it was a conversation that was getting the opinion of different countries within the world for different solutions and views on the war. It was a very interesting document because U.S. military power couldn't solve the problem in Vietnam and all the countries within this conversation knew it.
The document I picked was: Conversations between the Soviets and the Vietnamese, 1969. Written by Counselor Comrade Zelentsov, V.A.; the talk was recorded by the second secretary Goritskii, V.A., the document basically a conversation with the head of the DRV delegation Comrade Xuan Thuy and the head of the NLFSV delegation Comrade Tran Buu Kiem at the Paris negotiations. Once the conversation started there were a lot of ideas being thrown around. Tran Buu Kiem basically said that the U.S. doesn't know how exactly to end the Vietnam problems because the country to trying to use it Military Strength to end the war. Not only that but the French had plans to actually take back South Vietnam but not as the power they once were in the region. They also thought that since the U.S. wasn't taking much of anything seriously(their solutions to the problem weren't realistic), the french figured that they could definitely get Nixon to go through with their proposal.
This document was definitely important to the context of war because while the U.S. thought that they had everything covered there were conversations going on behind their back to stop them and all their efforts. It was also important because it was a conversation that was getting the opinion of different countries within the world for different solutions and views on the war. It was a very interesting document because U.S. military power couldn't solve the problem in Vietnam and all the countries within this conversation knew it.
"Conversations Between the Soviets and the Vietnamese" by V.A. Zorin:
The document exemplifies the state of confusion and the somewhat stalemate that the United States and Vietnamese have gotten themselves into. The US doesn't feel that they have won the war but see that winning isn't in its near future. The Russians are attempting to help the Vietnamese settle the situation. But all along, the United States and Soviet Union are in their own little war occuring through the Vitenam War, who can supply more help, whose side (North or South) can win it, what will prevail, Communism or Democracy
I choose the Texas Tech, The Vietnam Project document. It stated that American should know more about the American Vietnam experience. This is research is important because it would should what really happened. How it was really like for the American but also the Vietnamese people. You can learn more about the people there. I chose this because they are lots of articles, movies, people stating the half truths about what really happen in the Vietnam experience.
i chose the document about Ho Chi Minh. it basically talks about how he was the Vietnamese communist leader and the principle fore behind the struggle aginst French colonial rule. Then it talks about his youth and how he got to be involved in taking part in all of the communiist organizations and leadrerships that he was. This document is important to the vietnamese war agaist the french because it was a pivitol point in ther history. it was pivitol because the issue of who was going to rule over vietnamese was up in the air. this article was from Ho Chi Minh, Selected Works (Hanoi, 1960-1962), Vol. 2
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I chose the Biolography of Ho Chi Mhin because it was very interesting. it shows how he rise to power and how became a big part of the Soviet Union scheme. it's very ironic that he will attack the french later on while he was a cook on board for the french years ago. he did the right thing for his country by declaring independence from the french and did all means to accomplish it. this article is very interesting.
Fong of Hr.2-2
I chose the Biolography of Ho Chi Mhin because it was very interesting. it shows how he rise to power and how became a big part of the Soviet Union scheme. it's very ironic that he will attack the french later on while he was a cook on board for the french years ago. he did the right thing for his country by declaring independence from the french and did all means to accomplish it. this article is very interesting.
What Texas Tech tried to do to me sounds good. They tried to find a way to underdstand the whole vietnam problem. They tried to find a way to explain the choice the U.S. made when it came to the war.
"Vietnam sees War's Legacy in its Young" by Seth Mydans. This report is about how the war has left many damaging effects on the Vietnamese society, specially the south, after the war. The issues being adressed in here is the devastating results of the herbacide, Agent Orange, which was sprayed in the south during the war. There are many kids being born that are deformed or mentally retareded, especially the ones of soldiers who fought in the war. It also talks about how the US doesnt want to take care of these people, but yet they talk a lot about human rights and humanity. This document is important because it shows the damaging effects the war had on vietnam and how the US doesnt want to help repair it.
Roosevelt and Stalin Discuss the Future of French Rule in Indochina, Teheran Conference, November 28, 1943
In this article, edited by Thomas G. Paterson and Dennis Merrill, President FDR and Josef Stalin discuss French rule in IndoChina at the Teheran Conference. After being subject to rule by so many different nations, Indochina was ready to rule itself. FDR spoke in words that make it seem as if he wanted to help Indochina, but then i get the feeling he only wants to because he wants to get back at France. FDR and Stalin speak about indochina as if it is a possesion when really it is it's own country.
Heard, Augustine, "France and Indo-China," The Century, vol. 32, issue 3 (July 1886).
This article talks about the French in Asia during the imperialist approach to the world in the late 1800s. The French went out in search for raw materials and markets for their industrialization. It is kind of weird to look at France this way b/c France has lost the majority of the wars it has been in. Also, in WW2, the French surrendered early so that they would not be dominated by the Germans--but that's just me. This article sets up a historical context in the case that the French set up their own capitalist state, @ the Vietnamese's expense. They wanted the rubber produced there. The Vietnamese wanted the French out of Vietnam, and turned to communism to do so. This began a long conflict in Vietnam--a major battle of the cold war.
I picked the document the Declaration of Indepence of the Democratic Republic Vietnam. It was written by the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam. It said that in the U.S constitution it declared quality for all men, and on a braoder sense it means every man on earth was born with equal rights. In the French Declaration of Independence it stated that every man was born free and with equality, and must remain free and equal. To the vietnamese neither have stuck to their word. The French colonized Vietnam against their own will. They have inflicted harsh punishment upon vietnam and caused many to die of starvation. They secretly sold the vietnames freedom to Japan and then they colonized them. The French have deprived them of every democratic liberty, froced unjust laws, and created three distinct regimes in North, Central, and South vietnam to keep the country from being unified. The vietnames have vowed in this Declaration to fight for their independence.
This Declaration for Independence is the cause for the vietnam war. They want their independence from the French and Japanese colonial powers.The French did not want them to have it so war began. The U.S got involved to "protect" south vietnam from northern communist vietnam.
I read an article by James p. Sterba on the reactions of the American soldiers after their surrender at Saigon and ultimate loss of the war that was posted in teh New York Times on May 1, 1975. It explained that some of the soldiers were relieved to be out of Vietnam because they were drained from all the fighting. It mentioned the response of giving no response out of respect for the president's wishes. It explained that some of the soldiers were upset because they did not like to lose. It also talked about how some of teh troops were sad because they lost many of their friends in a war that may not have been necessary to fight....I ran out of time!
The document i chose was Battlefield:Vietnam. In this document the many differnt aid organizations that were born from the wars during this time period. These organizations played a major role in the overall outcome of the war, how the opposing countries interacted during the war, as well as the way countries view themselves in today's world. This document is important becuase it holds such immense relevance in the world we live in today with all of the conflicts currently going on. - Quentin M
President Truman's Radio Report to the American People on Korea and on U.S. Policy in the far East, April 11, 1951; this article is about Truman addressing the American people that the involvement in Korea is to stop a third world war. He spreads propoganda that the Communists have a conspiracy to "stamp" out freedom from the world, and the U.S. would be a prime target. The president states that "aggression anywhere in the world is a threat to peace everywhere in the world." This article was written by The Pentagon Papers. I think this is important in the context of the war because Communism is the whole reason that they were fighting. This serves to prove that the U.S. was indeed out to destroy Communism.
Dien Bien Phu
1954 battle changed Vietnam's history
This article just described what the battle of Dien Bien Phu was all about. The French camped in a valley because we all know about their military genius. Then they got shot up from the mountains around them because they thought the Viet Minh couldn't or wouldn't bring artillery there. The French lost which is very surprising... haha...
Bruce Kennedy wrote the article.
This article is about a battle that started the Vietnam war. It was the first time that a people had overthrown their colonial oppressors. North and South Vietnam were set up afterwards. The whole rest of the story goes from there.
By the way, it's not like Ho Chi Minh was some angelic liberator. He's goes on to murder 1,700,000 of his own people while in power excluding starvation. Great guy huh?
The Declaration of the Democratic Republic of Viet-nam was talking all about how basicall all the ways that France screwed them over and that they weren't going to take it anymore. They mentiond the part of our constitution (or Declaration Independence I forgot) that everyone was created equal but yet so many countries that say they live by this model barely follow through with it.
well the article I read was basically a timeline of events that lead to the bombing of vietnam.It was written by Professor K. Brigham at Vassar College. Title: Battlefield Vietnam: A Brief history.
It is important in the context of the war b/c it explain step by step the events or problem that led to the bombing. America had alot of influence in these events.Kennedy wanted to stay neutral as always but during Nixon's presidency the bombs were released.he borrowed strategies from Johnson's plan but these strategies brought the troops placed in vietnam home but it increased the air war.Nixon then released a series of deadly bombing raids against targets in the DRV's largest cities now know as the christmas bombing.
PBS By Professor Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College
The Geneva peace accords summed up the problems of the international cold war. According to the Geneva accords Vietnam would hold elections to try and reunite the country. The US was against it because they thought it would give too much power to the communist party in Vietnam. Instead the US helped support Vietnam by creating agreements with SEATO. Under SEATO Eisenhower helped create a new nation through all the problems going on in Vietnam. When the election was supposed to be held Diem, who was in power, cancelled the election beucase he knew he was going to lose and he wanted power so the Geneva peace accord was a total loss on all parts.
Biography on Ho Chi Minh Source: Ho Chi Minh, Selected Works (Hanoi, 1960-1962), Vol. 2
Ho Chi Minh, whose real name was Nguyen Tat Thanh, lived from 1890-1969. He was a Communist leader from Vietnam and was the big push against the French rule. He attended public school and then taught at a private school. He was summoned to Moscow for training and then was sent to Canton, China. He there organized a revolutionary movement among Vietnam exiles. He was then forced out of China because the local government exiled all communist ideas. He returned to China to found the Indochinese Communist party (ICP). Ho also had and recovered from Tuberculosis. After Japan had taken power, he summoned people of the ICP and tried to get rid of Japan. After Japan had surrendered, he became president. Ho Chi Minh was one of the main founders of communism in Vietnam. He was important by being the ruler and helped Vietnam get rid of the French but he also brought Communism along with him.
The document i read was the Twelve year old child killed, 1968, by tim page. It was about a child getting shot by a US helicopter. it is important because it shows that the US just shot at who ever without mercy.
Erika Moreno Hour:6-7 8/6/07
I personally agree with the conquest version.Columbus did not discover the Americas.Columbus only brought diseases, slavery, and colonialism.
Consuelo Moreno Hour:6-7 9/6/07
According to my point of view I agree with the Colonbian Exchange version.I cannot fail to recognize that if it was not for Columbus discovery we would not have some foods and other things now a days.But I cannot ignore the fact that he ruined many peoles lives and contributed to the death of millions of people.
In the Biography of Ho Chi Mhin, it basically summarizes how he lead the communist movement in Vietnam. His ideas were shared amonst northern Vietnam and he founded the Indochinese Communist Party and he was a represenative for the Communist International. Several years after his death in 1969, Saigon was named after him in his honor. Even though the document briefly explains his life, it is important because it focuses on key accomplishment of Ho Chi Mhin.
NaSasha Harrell
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I relly like this blog, im sure ill be in here more often
it really shows history and im sure that this will help in the future. All the information is great and it really explains the events, the picrures are also very clear and are able to give me a visual image of thta poin in history.=)
..yuliana Garcia..
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I relly like this blog, im sure ill be in here more often
it really shows history and im sure that this will help in the future. All the information is great and it really explains the events, the picrures are also very clear and are able to give me a visual image of thta poin in history.=)
---Battlefield:Vietnam---
It was a summery about all the things that happened from begining to end. How Vietnam finally free itself from colonial rule. It talkes baout the treaties that were made and the new laws.It talkes abput the causes and the ffects of the war.
..yuliana Garcia..
Hr.9
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