ASIAN 422 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Ngo Dinh Diem, Haiphong, Vietnam War
Document Summary
We dropped bombs in laos and cambodia, but no war. Viet minh - league for the independence of vietnam (1941) Afraid of losing vietnam, wanted to have re-election and win. Increased from 700 to 12,000 people in 1962. August 1964, 2 u. s. destroyers were off of north vietnam. Was to help aid the south vietnamese boats. 2 days later, it was reported that the destroyers were attacked again. Because of this, president went to congress for the gulf of tonkin resolution. However, there was no torpedo and knew at the time, they had the resolution drafted to find an excuse. 1968 - vietnam was able to attack u. s. embassy and the u. s. military, simultaneously on that day. Vietcong had the ability to attack anywhere they wanted. Shows the failure of the u. s. intelligence due to being attacked in many places. Made the american people more against the vietnam war. 1973 - troops got pulled out of vietnam.
