History 1810E Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Chauvinism, Tet Offensive, Tantrum
21 Apr 2015
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Announcements: final exam: april 29th at 9am, it will be identical to the christmas exam, section on first world war and vietnam war, 2 components: Essay questions: you will be asked to apply your knowledge (not just reiterate the facts, you are responsible for material covered in lectures, tutorials, and readings. 1) original version that came from the soviet union. They encouraged le duan to escalate and not negotiate with the. When it looked like le duan would negotiate, chinese aide waned. United states: vietnam: opportunities, both sides wanted to influence north vietnam (soviets and chinese, china and vietnam had a long history (going back 2000 years) Vietnam was essentially under chinese rule up until the arrival of the french. The vietnamese were engaged in wars to throw the chinese out. The vietnamese didn"t necessarily trust the chinese. One of the reasons ho chi minh argued for allowing the french into.
