I’m doing my Primary Source Paper on the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war was one of the most controversial wars America has ever been in. It had three other names it was known as; the second Indochina war, resistance war against America, and the American war. The war started November 1 1955 and ended on April 30 1975. It was during the cold war era that happened in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The first Indochina war occurred from 1946-1954 and was between North and South Vietnam. The Soviet Union and other communist country 's supported North Vietnam and South Vietnam was supported by the United states and other anti-communist country’s. This first war consisted of mainly guerrilla war and a few more conventional battles with large units in battle.
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I will analyze each quote individually. “You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours, but even at those odds, you will lose and I will win.” Ho Chi Minh to the French, late 1940s. Ho Chi Minh was the leader of North Vietnam and support communism. From this quote I get that he was a very confident leader and would win at any cost. “You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954. Eisenhower is talking about the domino theory that America had that once one country became communist the countries around will follow. “Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.” John F. Kennedy, 1961. Kennedy is talking about the United States needs to establish how powerful they are in Vietnam. “This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.” Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964. Johnson talking about Vietnam, that its more then just a war of power. That its for basic freedom of a human. “Tell the Vietnamese they 've got to draw in their horns or we 're going to bomb them back into the Stone Age.” Gen. Curtis LeMay, May 1964. General LeMay threatening to bomb Vietnam if the Vietnamese don’t fall
I will analyze each quote individually. “You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours, but even at those odds, you will lose and I will win.” Ho Chi Minh to the French, late 1940s. Ho Chi Minh was the leader of North Vietnam and support communism. From this quote I get that he was a very confident leader and would win at any cost. “You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954. Eisenhower is talking about the domino theory that America had that once one country became communist the countries around will follow. “Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.” John F. Kennedy, 1961. Kennedy is talking about the United States needs to establish how powerful they are in Vietnam. “This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.” Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964. Johnson talking about Vietnam, that its more then just a war of power. That its for basic freedom of a human. “Tell the Vietnamese they 've got to draw in their horns or we 're going to bomb them back into the Stone Age.” Gen. Curtis LeMay, May 1964. General LeMay threatening to bomb Vietnam if the Vietnamese don’t fall