Why Did Nationalism Start
What is nationalism, and why did it start? Now, a definition will tell you that nationalism is the belief that your country is superior, without question or doubt. Most historians would suggest that nationalism developed in England and France over the course of their state-building. Yet, it’s unknown where it exactly started. Now, nationalism often suffers from confusion both over the meaning of the term and over its role in the modern world. In many cases, nationalism can inspire people to break free of a foreign oppressor, but can also unionize a nation and welcome the people as being part of it in exchange for political loyalty is a form of nationalism too. Yet, this differs among various nations. To move on, nationalism is an idea that
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After the Vietminh had defeated the French, soon after the French withdrew, as was required by the Geneva agreement of July 1954, and created the formation of the independent states of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. (202) After that, South Vietnam received a newly appointed prime minister to lead, by the name of Ngo Dinh Diem, this was about to cause many problems to soon follow. The corruption began as the people discovered many things about Diem. For one, Diem believed that it was his people’s duty to obey him and gain his good will, not vice versa. (204) He did not entertain the idea that it was his obligation to gain goodwill of his people; instead, it was up to the people to gain his goodwill. Another problem was his catholicism, governing a vast Buddhist population. Catholics supported him in large numbers, but they made up only 10 percent of the population. Then, even violating the vietnamese tradition of ancestor worship by desecrating the graves of vietminh war dead. (206) Diem’s desecration was more than a crime; it was a serious mistake, just one of the many that eventually brought him down. Not only that, in May 1963, in the city of Hue, during the celebrations of buddha’s birthday, Diem banned the fly of the multicolored buddhist flags. Only the yellow and red south vietnamese flags could be flown. (210) This caused tons of ruckus, as earlier, Diem made an exception for the catholics
After the Vietminh had defeated the French, soon after the French withdrew, as was required by the Geneva agreement of July 1954, and created the formation of the independent states of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. (202) After that, South Vietnam received a newly appointed prime minister to lead, by the name of Ngo Dinh Diem, this was about to cause many problems to soon follow. The corruption began as the people discovered many things about Diem. For one, Diem believed that it was his people’s duty to obey him and gain his good will, not vice versa. (204) He did not entertain the idea that it was his obligation to gain goodwill of his people; instead, it was up to the people to gain his goodwill. Another problem was his catholicism, governing a vast Buddhist population. Catholics supported him in large numbers, but they made up only 10 percent of the population. Then, even violating the vietnamese tradition of ancestor worship by desecrating the graves of vietminh war dead. (206) Diem’s desecration was more than a crime; it was a serious mistake, just one of the many that eventually brought him down. Not only that, in May 1963, in the city of Hue, during the celebrations of buddha’s birthday, Diem banned the fly of the multicolored buddhist flags. Only the yellow and red south vietnamese flags could be flown. (210) This caused tons of ruckus, as earlier, Diem made an exception for the catholics