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What were the causes of the Vietnam War, and how did it impact US policy…
What were the causes of the Vietnam War, and how did it impact US policy in East Asia?
Vietnam
French colonial rule; yet, French wanted to have a foothold in China, (colonize it) but couldn't do that, and from Vietnam could reach China
Viet Minh; Nationalist communist front to fight of invaders led by Ho Chi Minh; anti-colonial movement
1946-54: First Indochina War → nationalist struggle against French colonial forces led by Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Phu (1954); defeat of French;
Geneva agreement → French + North Vietnamese agree to keep Southern Vietnam neutral, leave South be, and French put into power old emperor (French puppet emperor)
US saw communism as 'in bed with Moscow' so US supported the French, not Viet Minh; US did not recognize certain communist ideals being different from Soviet ones → everything communism being Soviet based
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