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
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Please read the attached documents on ORT. You need to make notes on the aims of ORT‚ successes and failures. Your essay is due in for two weeks time. Edexcel AS History Unit 1 Ideology‚ Conflict and Retreat: the USA in Asia 1950-1973 by Geoff Stewart ------------------------------------------------- Operation Rolling Thunder ------------------------------------------------- Programme of bombing of North Vietnam authorised by Johnson on 13 February 1965 but not begun until 2 March. It was
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The impact of French imperialism on Indochina to 1945 Being an imperialist country‚ France pursed to increase its power‚ wealth and influence by gaining authority over other parts in the world. South America and Africa were among the countries the French Empire had owned in addition to Indochina who lost its independence after the war against China‚ which lasted from 1884-1885. Indochina was a main asset to France‚ especially in the field of economics and social power between other countries such
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Vietminh guerrillas seized the capital city of Hanoi and forced the abdication of Emperor Bao Dai. On September 2 they declared Vietnam to be independent and announced the creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam‚ commonly called North Vietnam‚ with Ho Chi Minh as president. France officially recognized the new state‚ but the subsequent inability of the Vietminh
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s From 1945 onwards ( Indochina- Cochinchina‚ Annam and Tonkin) - The French representative in Vietnam launched a campaign against the Vietminh in 1945 by 1946 he had re-established control of southern Vietnam - October 1946 Ho chi minh was declared president of the DRV (democratic republic of Vietnam-north). This was after the declaration of Vietnam as a free state with a French union in March. - Due to Ho’s weak political direction from Paris (he went to implement the March
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occupied by the Japanese during the war. In 1941‚ a Vietnamese nationalist movement‚ the Viet Minh‚ was formed by Ho Chi Minh to resist the occupiers. Before World War Two‚ Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During the war‚ the country had been overrun by the Japanese. When the Japanese retreated‚ the people of Vietnam took the opportunity to establish their own government lead by Ho Chi Minh. In October 1946‚ the French announced their intention of reclaiming the north which meant that the Viet
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Chapter 8: Payment Systems of Vietnam Vietnam’s financial and payment systems are the least developed of all those of the countries covered in this survey‚ because Vietnam did not initiate full-scale financial reforms until the middle of the 1990s. Information on its economic and financial systems is very limited in Japan‚ and so this survey has focused not only technical aspects of Vietnam’s payment systems‚ but also on the past and future developments of its financial system. It must be understood
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resulted in the invasion of Japanese’s forces into French Indochina (725). In 1946‚ France declared war against the Communist Party of Vietnam‚ led by Ho Chi Minh‚ who was fighting for liberation of colonial power (“The Cold War in Asia”). The war lasted 9 years and it resulted in the creation of two nation-states: North Vietnam controlled by Ho Chi Minh and South Vietnam controlled by Ngo Dinh Diem and supported by
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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
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The most efficient strategy was Ho Chi Minh’s use of the Viet Minh. The Viet Minh was a National Independence Coalition that was founded by Ho Chi Minh on May 19‚ 1941. It was known as the only organized anti French‚ anti Japanese Communist group. The Viet Minh was initially formed to seek Vietnam independence. However it followed Ho Chi Minh to help him during the war. There were many tactics to the Viet Minh‚ including sabotage‚ traps‚ terrorism‚ camouflage‚ and ambushes. Sabotage covered: Road
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