Vietnam: America's disgrace
Many events led up to the Vietnam War. The League for the Independence of Vietnam, generally known as the Viet Minh, was organized in 1941 as a nationalistic party seeking Vietnamese independence from France. On September 2, 1945, less than a month after the Japanese surrendered in World War II, Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Viet Minh, formally declared Vietnamese independence. Not until the mid 1950s did the Viet Minh become openly communist. Fighting broke out between the French and the Viet Minh in 1946, and did not end until 1954. A cease-fire was then called, and a truce was declared. Vietnam was divided along the 17th parallel, with the Viet Minh occupying the northern part, and those under French command would retreat to the southern part. However, two years later, the communist Viet Minh decided to unify South Vietnam with North Vietnam through military force. America, fearing the spread of communism in Asia, dispatched troops to South Vietnam, hoping to provide the country with economic and military assistance. However, the Diem regime, which governed South Vietnam, was extremely unpopular with the people, and American involvement did not improve the situation. Guerrilla warfare spread as the Viet Minh soldiers,
Study of the American involvement in Vietnam, traced through the actions of a man who became both one of the most senior advisors and strategists and critics of the way the war was waged, John Paul Vann. htmlA website providing information and documents about the various Indochina Wars. comAn archive of articles mainly focusing on American history, but also contains articles on world history. However, despite their good intentions, American involvement in the Vietnam War may have caused irrevocable harm. A country is like a butterfly breaking free from its cocoon. The book is narrated from the American and foreign point of view, yet this account seems anti-American. New York: Harper Collins, 1991; Harper Perennial, 1992. Contains articles and other perspectives about the Vietnam War.
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