Ngo Dinh Diem

The Vietnam War and Its Effects on America From 1955 to 1975, a long, hideous war raged on throughout Asia. North Vietnam and their allies, the Viet Cong, faced off against South Vietnam and their U.S. allies over the communist control of North Vietnam (Tran & Fermoyle, 2012). The war ultimately ended with the U.S. withdrawing their forces and South Vietnam surrendering to the communist North. Aside from the loss of millions of lives, the war had costly effects on the face of America. At…

When Vietnam split in 1954, it was the main cause of all the war in Vietnam. The north was trying to spread communism, lead by Ho Chi Minh, which also has the French as an ally. The south was where a lot of religion practices had taken place. Ngo Dinh Diem, the leader of the south who was a fanatical Catholic, was against the communism. This is why the United States sided with South Vietnam. The war lasted 20 years and ended in 1973, to which our fighting was mainly pointless, because Vietnam…

States had no desire for Vietnam to be unified under a Communist leader, and as a result, these elections were never held. The United States began providing economic and military aid to the Southern Vietnamese government that was led by Ngo Dinh Diem. However, Diem was unpopular, and many in Southern Vietnam opposed his…

whether or not the orders should have been given to go along with it. Kinzer states, “The Americans who approved Diem’s overthrow did so because they were determined to win the Vietnam War, and concluded that Diem was an obstacle to victory” (207). Kennedy was upset about the death of Ngo Dinh Diem because he was an American ally, Kennedy and personally supported him, and because he was a fellow Catholic. Kennedy did not consider the possibility that the coup, which was American-backed, would…

“hawks” and anti-war “doves.” Inhumane war tatics, meaningless murder, unprepared soldiers and governement secrets are four main reasons many people, including myself, did not support the war. The assassination of the unpopular Vietnamese politician Ngo Dinh Diem led to an outbreak of unstable feelings among the Vietnamese people. In order to “protect” the South, President Kennedy sent 16,000 military “advisors” to oversee peace. The following year, the United States claimed…

This United Front created a new force called the National Liberation Front in response to the South Vietnam’s democratic push. This new NLF called for anyone, communist or non-communist, that opposed Diem. The United States recognized this group as a threat and denounced the NLF. The NLF claimed to be made up of a majority of anti-war protestors and non-communist members. The United States tagged them with the term “Viet Cong” which was a slang wording…

difficult; any sign of weakness could be exploited by the communists and then the dominos would start falling. This can be seen in America’s decision to continue backing prime minister Diem. Diem was very unpopular, he was a Catholic in a Buddhist state. By 1955 America was aware of this, but “the decision to back Diem [had] gone to the point of no return” (Schaller, p.246). In the documentary Hearts and Minds(1974) Johnson’s Secretary of Defense, Clark Clifford, admits that he now knows that…

election would take place (Vietminh Take). North Vietnam was given independence on October 11, 1954. Ho Chi Minh, the founder of the Vietminh, was given the title of Prime Minister of North Vietnam. South Vietnam became controlled by a man named Ngo Dinh Diem. In 1956 the Geneva Accords promised to determine a national government for Vietnam to become a united country. Although, this treaty fell through. Neither the leader of South Vietnam or the United States government signed the treaty to…

Before World War Two, Vietnam was part of the French empire and when World War Two started it had been taken over by Japanese when the Japanese people retreated the people of Vietnam had an opportunity to take back Vietnam and create their own establishment of Government lead by Ho Chi Minh then after the war allies gave back South Vietnam to the French while North Vietnam was left in the hands of the non-communist Chinese, the Chinese treated the North Vietnam people badly and that support for…

tension between the North and the South. Shortly after the Geneva conference, Ngo Dinh Diem became president of the new Republic of Vietnam. His intensions were very clear and that was not to communicate with the communist. Hugh stated, “After rejecting a North Vietnamese request for the opening of trade relations he also prevented any postal exchange between the two regions.” As of 2005 Vietnam Gear’s website stated that, Diem in 1958 started a campaign that led to many deaths of government…