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Philosophy

Philosophy. Who would you pick in a fight between an elephant and a tiger ? General Giap military leader of forces against us said

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Philosophy

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  1. Philosophy Who would you pick in a fight between an elephant and a tiger? General Giap military leader of forces against us said It is the fight between tiger and elephant. If the tiger stands his ground, the elephant will crush him with its mass. But, if he conserves his mobility, he will finally vanquish the elephant, who bleeds from a multitude of cuts."

  2. Vietnam the beginning US and Viet Minh (nationalist forces that will become the army we fight against) are our allies French are unwilling to give up their colonies. Cold War politics take over. Truman gives 20 million in aid to the French. Ultimately gives 2.6 billion Containment Domino theory are in play

  3. Beginning cont. • March 13th 1954 French want ultimate battle choose Dien Bien Phu • French are done in Indochina • Geneva Peace accords call for division of Vietnam at 17th parallel • Elections in 1956 • Ngo Dinh Diem is our boy. Real Piece of work.

  4. Ho Chi Minh • Leader of north a communist is Ho chi Minh • Leads the forces of the Viet Minh in the north “If we must fight we will fight, we will lose ten men you will Lose one, in the end it is you Who will tire”

  5. Self-Immolation

  6. Diem • Catholic. I million of them flee south after Geneva Accords • Majority of Vietnamese Buddhists • Puts them in positions Of power Refuses reform Refuses elections with North

  7. Diem cont • Holds elections in south, wins 98% of the vote. Think they were rigged • Resistance in starts in the south a group called the National Liberation Front (NLF) communists later called Viet Cong • Civil war breaks out • Kennedy send money urges reform Diem Squanders $ and cracks down on Buddhists

  8. Dragon Lady Madame Nhu She said she would “clap hands at seeing another monk barbecue show, for one cannot be responsible for the madness of others."

  9. The Choice • World opinion turns against Diem • S. Vietnamese Generals ask US if they can remove Diem • US Says yes • Nov 1,1963 coup.

  10. Hey Hey LBJ How many kids have you killed today • Kennedy had increased advisors to 16,000 • Johnson did not want to lose SE Asia like Truman had lost China • August 1964 North Vietnamese attack US warship In Gulf of Tonkin. • We were conducting operations in their waters

  11. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB132/tapes.htm

  12. Hey Hey cont… • Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin resolution All but 2 vote for it • Carte Blanche for LBJ • Operation Rolling thunder bomb the north back to the stone age • 1965 first combat troops arrive • By 1967 over 500,000 will be in country

  13. Fighting the War • Body count, becomes the measure. How many of them do we kill • Bombing costs less American lives. • We’ll drop more bombs in 2 years than the allies did in all of WWII • Viet Cong (VC) go guerilla no major battles Build more tunnels . • Over 10,000 miles

  14. Fighting the War • VC use Booby traps hit and run tactics • http://military.discovery.com/videos/weaponology-booby-traps-part-1.html • They now terrain, have friendlies in villages • US tries pacification moving people off their ancestral land to new locations. Doesn’t win many friends. • Win their “hearts and minds” • Light at the end of the tunnel

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