Imperialism In Vietnam War

“Nothing is more precious than freedom and liberty”. Ho Chi Minh the most powerful and influential leader of the time. Here states that during the time of oppression, we (vietnamese) will fight against the imperialists. Since the 19th century Vietnam has been at war between two political ideologies. Nationalism vs. Imperialism. Throughout its history Vietnam had trieb or to successively create a nationalistic identity but had failed again and again. When WW2 came to an end we saw how Vietnam’s history caused a revolution that united the peoples; through such events: oppression/suppression and thus causing an emergence in nationalistic ambitions. And a revolution which changed everything.

Ex-Vietnam was part of French-ruled indochina. A sovereign state owned and ruled the the French empire. This rule caused an oppressive rule over the Vietnamese people which lead to the August revolution. The oppressive rule was shown in two ways. The first way being social exploitation. Social exploitation of the Vietnamese was shown through such scenes as introducing a written language for Vietnamese. The
However, to have a supported view of Vietnamese independence they needed International Recognition. However, this necessity never came. The consequence of the August Revolution was that innodb internationally recognised Vietnam as a sovereign state. But this view clashed with the Vietnamese ideology, that Vietnam was it’s own country. Mainly because that by having the American advisors next to Ho Chi Minh whilst he was claiming independence meant that the US officially recognised Vietnam as a sovereign state. However the US did not agree with this, and therefore other nations followed suit. Which meant Vietnam is alone and has no friends. A country that without recognition, never ceased to exist. Vietnam couldn’t turn to anyone now for support and no-one recognised its existence because of the august