Dien Bien Phu

The French fall at Dien Bien Phu ended the First Indochina War. However, this was not all the foreign force that Vietnam would have to battle. The United States stepped up to keep Vietnam from becoming a communist country. The United States was against the spread of communism…

that would not benefit them at all. The battle in Dien Bien Phu, lasted 57 days between Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Minh Forces and the French, the French took a heavy toll on this battle because they did not succeed and lost. “French soldier in Vietnam” an article found in Daily life through History states “They did not succeed and, following the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, withdrew from the region” (Daily Life through History). After this battle, the French decided to pull their men out from the war,…

The purpose of Khong in this majestic publication is to analyze the mind of a decision-maker throughout the process that he/she must go through in order to determine the most appropriate policies during times of conflict. Within the application of the AE Framework, Khong is successfully displays how policymakers determine the stakes involved, the decisions that are to be made based on past events and the likely outcomes. The analogies, as suggested by the AE Framework, are used in assisting with…

When rules and regulations are broken, it leads to disastrous events. In the story The Lord Of The Flies, throughout the whole story it demonstrates how their society was destroyed. For example, rule breaking was one of them. One act that was shown in the story was when Jack and the choirboys let the fire go out and Ralph called a meeting with the conch, which symbolized order. They started arguing of the how that occurred and Piggy took the conch to talk but jack kept interrupting him. “ I got…

Nguyen’s view of the Vietnamese social structure of that time, mentions that the North Vietnamese were, consequently, using propaganda, to gain support, from the disillusioned, poor peasants of South Vietnam. The south of Vietnam was extremely poor; consequently, they believed that the Communists would be their saviours, improving their standards, moreover, there would be no social classes and everyone would benefit from the new regime. The president of South Vietnam Thiệu introduced, in 1970,…

brought forth his views on communistic influences within Indochina, the Vietminh (north Vietnamese communist resistance forces) had taken control of Dien Bien Phu (central base with an airstrip) on May 7, 1954. With Dien Bien Phu at hand, The Vietminh were able to take a controlling force at the Geneva Convention the following day. With Dien Bien Phu at hand, the Vietminh were able to create secure their own country north of the seventeenth parallel. This seventeenth parallel split Vietnam into…

The strategic implementation of nationalism in Vietnam was heavily effectuated in order to attain independence from French colonialism and imperialism. Utilising nationalism, the encompassment of uniting the spirit and aspirations of those that are communal to the whole nation; Ho Chi Minh is the most prominent and successful figure in creating a sense of national identity for the Vietnamese. From the duration of 1945 to 1954, the landscape of Vietnam under French imperialism were detrimental to…

Completely out-of-touch with his people, he fiddled the figures to produce a turnout for Saigon of over 650,000 when only around 425,000 were registered. This fiddling of elections showed what the Americans’ real priorities were – rather than focusing on installing democracy, they were focusing on not installing communism. In an almost entirely Buddhist country, Diêm was a devout Roman Catholic, one who favoured the rich landowners over the peasants – a mistake that, combined with his…

After World War Two many colonized countries formed nationalist movements that advocated for decolonization, which called for the withdraw of colonial powers from their country and the formation of their own self-determination. Nationalist movements utilized non-violent tactics to spur decolonization such as boycotting the colonialist’s products or refusing to work for the colonialists, but when these peaceful protests were ineffective, nationalists turned to violence in order to decolonize.…

However, each President proved that their policies were faulty and could not withstand the powerful rulings of Ho Chi Minh and the skillful North Vietnamese military. Eisenhower, at first, did not bring in any American troops to help in the Dien Bien Phu War. However, as the French gained possession of South Vietnam, Eisenhower’s determination…