Primary Sources Of The Vietnam War
Summaries of sources and their relevance to my investigation
SOURCE A:
The author of this article is Chris Trueman. Although this source is secondary, it gives an accurate summation of the events which caused the Vietnam War, and therefore it is a valuable source. The article discusses some of the reasoning for both of the superpowers’ intervention in the Vietnam War, such as America’s need to contain the spread of communism and to prevent the ‘Domino Effect’ from occurring in Asia. Similarly, a reason for both superpowers’ involvement in the war was to compete for influence in developing countries, in this case Vietnam. Therefore the USSR supplied Ho Chi Minh with military aid to assert that America would not increase their sphere of influence …show more content…
This source is secondary and therefore has limitations, as it was not written at the time of the event, however it is a summation of primary sources. This source is valuable as it supplies me with a turning point for my essay, because it shows how the American people were not fully backing America’s reasoning for intervening in the war which creates reasonable doubt as to whether the American involvement was justified or not. The source also states that the Vietnam War was the most catastrophic in American history. The source also speaks about the communist regime by the Viet Cong and how America were inclined to intervene to prevent the spread of communism in Asia, which is another reason for their …show more content…
The source speaks of the USSR’s and China’s relations and how they both supported North Vietnam, which is until 1968 when the Sino-Soviet split occurred which resulted in the removal of Chinese aid in North Vietnam and the USSR became the single benefactor. The source shows that the USSR’s reasoning for its involvement was to expand its sphere of influence and to help the expansion of communism in Asia. This source shows that the USSR supplied arms to North Vietnam to maintain a stable position in the Cold War struggle. Another reason for which the USSR intervened in the war is pointed out in this article, which is that USSR intervened to honour an earlier partnership it had with Ho Chi Minh when he was Vietnam’s delegate to the Comintern. This article is a secondary source and thus effects its credibility as it could be one sided or impartial, however the article is based on many facts which suggests that the writer used reliable sources to contrive a reliable
SOURCE A:
The author of this article is Chris Trueman. Although this source is secondary, it gives an accurate summation of the events which caused the Vietnam War, and therefore it is a valuable source. The article discusses some of the reasoning for both of the superpowers’ intervention in the Vietnam War, such as America’s need to contain the spread of communism and to prevent the ‘Domino Effect’ from occurring in Asia. Similarly, a reason for both superpowers’ involvement in the war was to compete for influence in developing countries, in this case Vietnam. Therefore the USSR supplied Ho Chi Minh with military aid to assert that America would not increase their sphere of influence …show more content…
This source is secondary and therefore has limitations, as it was not written at the time of the event, however it is a summation of primary sources. This source is valuable as it supplies me with a turning point for my essay, because it shows how the American people were not fully backing America’s reasoning for intervening in the war which creates reasonable doubt as to whether the American involvement was justified or not. The source also states that the Vietnam War was the most catastrophic in American history. The source also speaks about the communist regime by the Viet Cong and how America were inclined to intervene to prevent the spread of communism in Asia, which is another reason for their …show more content…
The source speaks of the USSR’s and China’s relations and how they both supported North Vietnam, which is until 1968 when the Sino-Soviet split occurred which resulted in the removal of Chinese aid in North Vietnam and the USSR became the single benefactor. The source shows that the USSR’s reasoning for its involvement was to expand its sphere of influence and to help the expansion of communism in Asia. This source shows that the USSR supplied arms to North Vietnam to maintain a stable position in the Cold War struggle. Another reason for which the USSR intervened in the war is pointed out in this article, which is that USSR intervened to honour an earlier partnership it had with Ho Chi Minh when he was Vietnam’s delegate to the Comintern. This article is a secondary source and thus effects its credibility as it could be one sided or impartial, however the article is based on many facts which suggests that the writer used reliable sources to contrive a reliable