Ngo Dinh Diem

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The Buddhist Crisis During the Vietnam War, there was a religious and political movement of Buddhists in South Vietnam. Buddhist were being supressed of their religion. In this time, Vietnam was led by a powerful leader, President Ngo Dinh Diem. He was a pro-catholic leader who was trying to displace many of the Buddhist in South Vietnam. In fear of losing their job, many Buddhists converted to Catholicism, but there were also lots who did not, causing there to be dangerous revolts and protests…

reasonably possible to avoid it” [3]. However some people say in it's core, the Vietnam war was a religious war between Catholics and Buddhists. “President Ngo Dinh Diem was a Catholic and the brother of the traditionalist Catholic Archbishop Thuc.” “It was said that one of the issues about the government at the time were after Ngo Dinh Diem enacted a law saying that all religions had to petition the government first before being able to fly a flag for a buddhist holiday. [4]” Therefore, some…

Vietnam was to “undertake a series of economic projects,” some of which include rural and urban development. These plans and confidence for South Vietnam were initially well placed, but as Diem became less reliable and more oppressive towards his people, additional forms of support would be necessary to salvage the Diem regime and ensure a viable future in…

began to support Ngo Dinh Diem repressive regime and his fight against communism. Which led to the US first major involvement in 1960 known as Advisors. In 1961 the first US advisors were killed. Ho Chi Mihn was fighting for liberation from a colonial power and trying to establish a communist dictatorship in Vietnam. Because of the Cold War and it’s prevailing theories the United States could see Mihn as a communist tool.…

He went went to the communist party and started to revolt against france Domino theory : the idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control. Vietnam was divided at the 7° north latitude Ngo Dinh…

During the 1800s, France began to imperialize the region of Indochina, which consists of the countries known as Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. The wealth produced in this land was considered very valuable to the French during this time. Many nationalists throughout the Indochina region were not happy with the idea of the French being in their homeland. Ho Chi Minh, who was a strong Nationalist in Vietnam, educated in westernized ideas, and a follower of Marxist thought, formed a movement to get…

time, the US was heavily opposed to communist groups, along with John F. Kennedy which is why he refused to give in at any point. The reasons why the US (and the other countries allying South Vietnam) supported the South, is because their leader Ngo Dinh Diem also heavily opposed to communism.…

the U.S thought the war to be unnecessary and that they should not be involved, and to make matters worse, since people were not willing to join the war effort, a draft was created in order to recruit people. During the war, the brother of Ngo Dinh Diem, Ngo Dinh Nhu had assaulted a buddhist temple claiming that they were harboring communists. After that point the buddhists began to kill themselves in the streets by igniting their bodies in flame. This image was sent across the country, and…

and Lyndon B. Johnson. Dwight D. Eisenhower decided to not get the United States heavily involved in the Vietnam war because he believed that was the last thing the U.S. needed, but he did provide support to the French and anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem. During his years as the president John F. Kennedy increased the amount of economic and military aid to South Vietnam by 3 times. Kennedy also increased the amount of military advisors to Indochina. Kennedy also refused to pull American…