The French War
Description
After reading Chapter two in the Bradley book, write a 3-5 page essay using the following documents to explain how the French colonial war turned into a battle in the Cold War. S
pecifically address how the Unites States agencies differed and were the same on tactics in Vietnam and even if we should be involved.
You have a lot of freedom here to write about the topics you are interested in, just be sure to build a case about American Involvement from the documents below.
The Pentagon Papers:
NSA Report:
National Security Council 1950:
Rusk to Burns, 1950:
Joint Chiefs of Staffs Report, 1950:
Secretary of State’s Statement, 1950:
George Kennan Memoir, 1950s:
National Intelligence Estimate, 1950:
National Security Council, 1951:
Dwight Eisenhower, 1951:
National Security Council, 1952:
NATO, 1952:
Secretary of State, 1953:
CIA Estimate, 1953:
An Analysis Of The French Defeat At Dien Bien Phu:
Chinese Communist Perspective, 1954:
National Security Council, 1954:
United States Army Position, 1954:
U.S. Special Committee Report on Southeast Asia:
CIA Reort, 1954:
Millitary Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) Indochina, 1954:
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1954:
CIA, 1954:
Edward Landale’s Reports on Covert Mission in Vietnam (CIA), 1954: