Vietnam 1954ish-1963
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- Created on: 06-01-20 16:50
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- Vietnam 1954-1963
- Diem
- Successes: 1.catholic migration south~ impression that people wanted to move S, 2.IKE 'miracle man' of Asia
- Failures: 1. corrupt, nepotist, 2. favoured catholic landowners over Buddhist maj, 3.agrovilles, 4.'55 Oct elections, Bao Dai voters tortured& punished, claimed 98.2% of the vote & 605,025/450k
- Buddhist monk self-immolation: Jun'63, due to their dec rights (flags)
- Evolution of US's commitment to Fr war w/Viet: 1.funded 75% of it, 2.Jun'50 send milt hardware & planes, 3.'54 IKE added 200 milt personnel to service the planes
- How & Why did US get involved '45-'52: 1. needed to supp Fr after WW", 2. CONTAINMENT, 3.KW& China put focus on Asia, 4.China's supp of NV, 5. DOMINO THEORY, 6.McCarthyism, 7. key trading power w/ *** & under US concern w/ Taiwan & SK, 8.SEATO, 9.MAAG (1.5k advisors in V after IKE), 10.gave $7bill '55-'61
- Ken admin inc invol in US: 1. CW gen, US. VS, SU, V cannot be seen as separate from this, 2. scared of appeasement (after Hitler), 3. early fp failures in Cuba & Laos, inc pressure on Viet, 4.US v. confident in its econ& milt power, how could Viet cause it any problems? 5.situation in Viet slowly deteriorating (Diem v. unpopular & emergence of VC& NLF), 6. McCarthyism, anti-comm, pop w/ voters
- Could Ken have w/d from Viet? 1. elect in Nov'60, won by small maj on strong anti-comm (inaug speech, Tman lost China), 2. inexp in fp & had early setbacks// CW gen: tension rising after calm '50s--> U2 spy plane, arguments on future of Berlin// Viet: 1. Laos looked set to fall to comm, Viet would be easier, 2.'59 NV decided to aid comm supp in SV, 3.'60 NLF formed, 4. Diem cont w/ his regime despite growing unpopularity, 5. inc ds from $40b to $56b & sent GBs to Viet to assist ARVN, 6. after Taylor Rostow rep recc strategic bombing & an inc in combat troops to sup ARVN--> Ken triples advisors 3,205 in dec'61 to 9k by end of '62 & authorised use of Napalm & Agent Orange
- Vietnam: 1. helps HCM's cause, loses supp for US
- Battle for Ap Bac'63: VC massively outnumbered by ARVN but won as some ARVN units refused to attack& even accidentally shot each other, --> 2. US have to give further aid, lost even more people and support, 3.means US close to full war over SV
- Did Viet get worse under Kennedy: 1. Agrovilles (for educ. & wellfare but really ot prevent infil of VC) '61 devel into Strategic Hamlet Policy- led by US- 4mill by '62
- Vietnam: 1. helps HCM's cause, loses supp for US
- Could Ken have w/d from Viet? 1. elect in Nov'60, won by small maj on strong anti-comm (inaug speech, Tman lost China), 2. inexp in fp & had early setbacks// CW gen: tension rising after calm '50s--> U2 spy plane, arguments on future of Berlin// Viet: 1. Laos looked set to fall to comm, Viet would be easier, 2.'59 NV decided to aid comm supp in SV, 3.'60 NLF formed, 4. Diem cont w/ his regime despite growing unpopularity, 5. inc ds from $40b to $56b & sent GBs to Viet to assist ARVN, 6. after Taylor Rostow rep recc strategic bombing & an inc in combat troops to sup ARVN--> Ken triples advisors 3,205 in dec'61 to 9k by end of '62 & authorised use of Napalm & Agent Orange
- Ken admin inc invol in US: 1. CW gen, US. VS, SU, V cannot be seen as separate from this, 2. scared of appeasement (after Hitler), 3. early fp failures in Cuba & Laos, inc pressure on Viet, 4.US v. confident in its econ& milt power, how could Viet cause it any problems? 5.situation in Viet slowly deteriorating (Diem v. unpopular & emergence of VC& NLF), 6. McCarthyism, anti-comm, pop w/ voters
- How & Why did US get involved '45-'52: 1. needed to supp Fr after WW", 2. CONTAINMENT, 3.KW& China put focus on Asia, 4.China's supp of NV, 5. DOMINO THEORY, 6.McCarthyism, 7. key trading power w/ *** & under US concern w/ Taiwan & SK, 8.SEATO, 9.MAAG (1.5k advisors in V after IKE), 10.gave $7bill '55-'61
- Geneva'54: for US- 1/2 succ, didn't sign as comm china there; Bao Dai- knows its over
- Geneva Accords: 1.Viet split across 17thParallel, 2.elections due in '56, 3.French to stay in viet to oversee elections, 4.agreement brokered by China & Fr, 5. US refused to sign to est SEATO
- Dien Bien Phu: March-May'54
- VC& HCM's priorities: 1. build foundations of strong comm routine, 2. complete nat liberation
- Diem
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