Understanding Vietnam

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control the entire Pacific region. After their defeat to Allied forces in 1945, Vietnam declared independence realizing its freedom from outside rule. For the next nine years, France would engage in conflict to regain her lost colony. French sent expeditionary forces to battle the Viet Minh, the People�s Army of Vietnam (�French indochina,�2010). This group was led by political extremists and often communists such as Ho Chi Minh. Intense battles raged for nearly a decade. The French were finally defeated at Dienbienphu. The Geneva Convention in 1954 permanently ended French control of Vietnam (�Indochina�, The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2008). It separated the communist north from the south.
Many factors can explain the fall of French rule in Vietnam. The first of which is the Vietnamese culture itself. Since the initial emperors, Vietnam has had no modern independence. As the world industrialized, they were a colony of France. When France was occupied by the Nazis in ...

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Vietnamese feel like they are truly in support of their cause and struggle, but in reality, the Chinese are looking to spread the influence of communism through out the region.

Part II: America�s Vietnam

Since the end of French rule, Vietnam was split into north and south regions. The north was predominantly communist. Political unrest and violent uprisings threatened the structure of the southern state. During this same period, the United States entered a new �conflict� with Russia and took up a crusade to prevent communism. The U.S. no longer practiced the policy of isolationism and entered military conflict in Korea and eventually Vietnam.
Under President Kennedy, the ...

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