POLS 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lyndon B. Johnson, Tet Offensive, Army Of The Republic Of Vietnam
9 Oct 2018
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Monday, october 15th at 3pm in konover auditorium there will be a talk by a un official. This tends to be used as a mask for self-interested goals. Vietnam: overview: communist government of northern vietnam arvn was the south"s army, which was allied with the us. National liberation front (guerilla movement) aka viet cong allied with the north. The su and china were also allied with northern vietnam: massive aid for french to 1954 (dien bien phu). French ended its involvement during its decline as a great power. The us tried to help the french, so that they wouldn"t have to get involved as the non-communist force: negotiated resolution (geneva 1954 (17th parallel) i. Divided the north and south, but it does not lead to a resolution of the conflict. Does reinforce the division of the two sides: us air and ground forces: 1961 advisors i. Under kennedy, us presence is increased through military advisors.
