Do-Ho Suh

The Geneva Conference was held that same year, 1954. Its purpose was to resolve problems in Asia and potentially come to an agreement on what was to be done with Vietnam. The United States had supported the French in fear that if Ho Chi Minh was victorious, communism would spread quickly throughout Southeast Asia. Though they supported the French, the United States refused direct intervention in the war, which then brought the Vietnam situation to the Geneva Conference. After their…

d Vietnam become an American War by 1968, and what problems did the United States have in winning the “Hearts and Minds” of the Vietnamese people? By 1968 American politicians committed hundreds of billions worth of resources and nearly half a million personnel to the Vietnam War. Which was a war based on fabricated research and statistics, blatant lies to the American public, and cherry-picked threats. Americans provided most of the financial assistance, resources, over half a million…

The U.S. learned of a new power rising in North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh who wanted to gain control of the South making all of Vietnam communist. Through Eisenhower’s tactics (which ran poorly) America lost many of its troops. The domino effect ran through the predecessors of Eisenhower who wanted to continue in his ways. 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.…

The purpose of the interview was to learn about Vietnam, the country where my informant was born and lived until 1975 when Saigon was invaded by the North Vietnamese. In addition, I had desired to see Vietnam from a perspective other than the Vietnam War where Americans fought. However, there is another reason I chose Vietnam, I work with students whose parents are from Vietnam even though the parents are a younger generation their culture is alive and lived out in their community. Some of…

and the decolonisation of Indochina. The Vietnamese nationalism was influenced by Quoc ngu (which was and still is the writing system for the Vietnamese language, that replaced the Chinese script previously), activists like Ho Chi Minh (a man who studied the world and would do anything for his country), and World War II during which Japanese forces occupied Vietnam (a perfect opportunity for the Vietnamese to regain Vietnam). World War II was almost like the final straw that historians believed…

the funny habit of staying stuck in the past. Many people believe the Vietnam War and the current War on Terrorism is a reflection of this. Some people believe that both of the wars are pointless and that we are wasting American lives for things that do not even involve us, but others think both wars are absolutely necessary and that it is our duty as Americans to take action in order to preserve our freedom. Before writing this paper, I…

Ho Chi Minh once said, “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 might have predicted the outcome of the Vietnam War. In 1955, the US came to aid the South Vietnamese in fighting and defending against the communist North. In 1975, the US lost in the Vietnam War. The communist North took over South Vietnam. The two parts combined to become the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The United States’s involvement in the…

holiday, there was a surprise communist attack done by Vietnam (History.com staff). Ho Chi Minh, President of North Vietnam at the time, decided along with some of the leaders of Hanoi, that attacking the South during Tet would be a great plan so they dropped the truce and attacked. One reason why he planned the attack was so North Vietnam could finally have the victory they wanted. Another reason was because Ho Chi Minh wanted to stop the attacks/bombings from happening up in the north (U.S…

would do this is by creating treaties to bring peace…

The Vietnam War was one of most unpopular wars by American citizens during and year after the war. This war was almost last twenty years long. That is a long time for people to fight in the war. This war was despised by many U.S citizens, mostly younger generation thought of this to be as unjust and that Americans should not have entered the war at all. Many from this era of the still hold this was in contempt. It was so unpopular with the American public so much that Veterans that come back…