inference. That makes Ho Chi Minh with the seem to be more a communist instead of a patriot and which in turn led initially to help the French colonialism in the area‚ then to the support of anticommunist leaders‚ an move that attracted the United States to the issue. Hunt then blames Eisenhower administration’s views‚ which gave a " ... simple picture of Asians as either easily educable friends or implacable communist foes" (p. 17). The second Chapter‚ the author looks at Ho Chi Minh and why he was
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was later added to the colony).[61] Various Vietnamese opposition movements to French rule existed during this period‚ such as the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng who staged the failed Yên Bái mutiny in 1930‚ but none were ultimately as successful as the Viet Minh common front‚ which was founded in 1941‚ controlled by the Indochinese Communist Party‚ and funded by the U.S. and
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Following Ho Chi Minh: Bui Tin Bui Tin who served on the general staff of North Vietnam’s army received the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam. Tin later became the editor of Vietnam’s official newspaper‚ the “Peoples Daily”. Tin then immigrated to Paris after becoming disillusioned with the fruits of Vietnamese Communism. Following Ho Chi Minh allows the reader to gain valuable insight into how the North Vietnamese forces planned and executed the war‚ through military and psychological strategies
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French announced‚ in 1946‚ to take over North Vietnam‚ Ho Chi Minh knew that he had to fight for it. (2000-2013‚ War in Vietnam‚ 3) after the French retreated from North Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh became the leader of the North Vietnamese and wanted to continue the spread of communism. (2 May 2013‚ News‚ before it‚ 3) While preparing for the war in Vietnam the United States knew that they had to go against Nguyễn Sinh Côn‚ also known as Hồ Chí Minh‚ who was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader‚
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immense fear of this great patriot‚ who witnessed to the “Red Scare” during the Truman Administration‚ and he felt that Vietnam was at great risk as more countries in Asia found communism as an opportunity for independence. The sudden alliances that Ho Chi Minh‚ President of Vietnam‚ made with the Communists kindled a fear in Eisenhower‚ and he felt as though the United States’ capitalistic lifestyle was in jeopardy. Eisenhower preached that in order to save Vietnam‚ their people‚ and the security of
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needed to aid the United States in Vietnam (Newman). Communist leader Ho Chi Minh led the Vietcong guerillas in the North. He developed an elaborate 9‚940 mile network of roads built from the North to the South to aid North Vietnam troops and the Vietcong. This network of roads was referred to as the Ho Chi Minh Trail and was the target of numerous American air strikes (Ho Chi Minh Trail). However‚ the creation the Ho Chi Minh trail crossed the demilitarized zone‚ which had been established at the
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Youth with Traffic Safety & Environmental Protection”. Before beginning‚ we had a careful preparation to get enough health to take part in this journey. We did exercises every afternoon‚ the actual trip to help difficult situation… We started at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Ha Noi Capital) throughout 24 provinces along Viet Nam‚ to Phu Quoc Island for 36 days. This was a long and difficult trip. A journey was long 2400 kilometers‚ divided into 3 main periods. The first was from Ha Noi Capital to Hue City
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As it can be seen‚ there was much conflict between the North & South in Vietnam. The question is what conflicts initiated the Cold War. The relationship between the both states already had difficulties from the beginning of time. In the South‚ they usually contained a smaller population than the North but were consequently growing as a group. As everyone knows that a great relationship has to be built by a trust‚ that was the one thing between the states they did not possess. Due to this‚ both
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Conference produced the Geneva Accords which called for the temporary separation of Vietnam into two zones and a general election which needed to be held to reunify the nation. This election would never take place because the U.S. realizing how popular Ho Chi Minh was with the population of Vietnam feared that if he won the presidency Vietnam would be completely communism and neighboring Laos and Cambodia would also fall to communism‚ which would then give the Soviet even more puppet states. To avoid this
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The use of tactics (the plans‚ weapons and battle strategies used in war) were prime in minds of the Vietcong and they went to all means to gain the upper hand in the conflict. For example the use of booby traps‚ tunnels and trails. Some like the Ho Chi Minh trail were a huge success among the Vietcong whereas things like booby traps had less of an affect on the opposition. The use of tunnels were standard means of travel that seemed oblivious to the US and South Vietnamese soldiers . These VC "used
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