Vietnam War: Roots of Intervention, 2000BCE to 1945
After reading the Introduction and Chapter One of the Bradley book and watching the two videos for background, look at the documents below and write a 3 to 5 page paper that uses the following documents to examine how the United States wrestled with what to do with Indochina during and after World War
2. How did the differing United States positions on who should rule Vietnam (Indochina) compare to the French, Russian, British, Chinese, and the views expressed by Ho Chi Minh?
This is a lot of reading, so be selective. You may also notice the question is rather open. That is on purpose.
Timeline of the Vietnam war
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16568035
How the Vietnamese fought against the Japanesse in their country and assumed that this would earn them their freedom after the war.
Vietnam and World war 2
Pentagon Papers Volume 1
Chapter I, “Background to the Crisis, 1940-50 — https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/pent1.html
NSA report on Indochina before 1950 — http://fas.org/irp/nsa/spartans/prelude.pdf
Roosevelt and Stalin discuss future of Indochina — https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/fdrjs.htm
Roosevelt Memo to Cordell Hull — https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/fdrch.htm
Roosevelt on Indochina — https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/fdrct.htm
Statement on Indochina — https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/int1.htm
Ho Chi Minh’s Declaration of Independence — https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/vietdec.htm
