HIST 173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Ngo Dinh Diem, Anti-Communism, Domino Theory
Document Summary
General: rise of large-scale protest against the american people involvement in the vietnam war, prevent any countries from falling in to communism, vietnamese independence, ho chi minh, leader of the vietminh, declares vietnamese independence on september. 2, 1945: strongest of the national liberalist parties in the country, used us declaration of independence as blueprint, hoped to gain us support against french efforts to regain control and keep historical adversary china at bay. Eisenhower, reluctant to get involved in another land war after korea, declined to send in american troops. Asia provided 90% of us rubber and 75% tin, vital source of oil, tungsten, and other strategic commodities: geographic: threatened air and sea routes to allies, geopolitical: domino theory held that a temporarily. Vietnam war: anti communist souther leader ngo dinh diem refused to hold elections, which likely would have favored ho chi minh"s communists.
