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attitude by johnson towards the viet war

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  • americanisation
  • main goal to achieve a quick victory without an escalation of the war
  • 1964 clear gap in his ideas - winning the war without it becoming americanised
  • did not want diplomatic resolution
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when and what was the golf of tonkin

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1964
- three north viet boats fired torpeados on uss maddox in the gulf of tonkin
- failed as one viet boat sunk and two badly damaged
- led to johnson ordered a bombing to viet naval bases
- as a result congress agreed a resolution for johnson to conduct any policy he wanted in vietnam without consulting congress

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1961 deteriorating situation in viet

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1961 deteriorating situation in viet
- china had agreed to provide military supplies to nv
- ussr had established diplomatic links with the national liberation front and sending weapons
- vietcong strengthened positions in south vietnam as a response of gulf of tonkin
- ARVN (south troops)low morale as low pay, bad leadership and bad training

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who was leader of north vietnam (communists)

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ho chi minh

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leader of south vietnam?

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ngo dinh diem

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What was Ho Chi Minh’s regime like in the North in 1956 after the decision not to hold elections? (3)

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Vietnam Workers Party and land reform which seized privately owned land and redistributed it among the rural farming population
-thousands were executed and many imprisoned e.g in 1956 the military had to put down a revolt and about 6000 were killed
-full scale collectivisation was well underway

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What was Ho Chi Minh forced to do in August 1956 after his land reform programme?

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Publicly apologise for the aggressive and clumsy implementation of the programme

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How many refugees fled North Vietnam for the South during Ho Chi Minh’s land reform programme?

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about 1 million

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What was Diem ‘s regime like in the South?

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he was a corrupt and nepotistic leader and his policies were damaging and divisive from the outset
-large amounts of US economic aid was fraudulently taken by Diem’s officials and his family
-Diem’s strategy was focused on repression, and political opponents were silenced
-based on the appearance of democracy but really it wa rule by a few

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What was the NLF? What were its aims?

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A nationalist organisation formed in the South to oppose Diem’s leadership and free Vietnam from what it saw as US imperialism. To unite Vietnam.

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what event caused operation rolling thunder

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vietcong attack on army barracks and us helicopter base in Pleiku

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rolling thunder

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  • bombing campain by johnson on vietnam
  • first Us combat troops arrived in Danang in 1965
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north viet four point proposal

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  • us withdrawal
  • no south or north go into a forgein alliance under the temporary division of vietnam
  • south viet must be settled by south alone
  • peaceful reunited decided by both zones
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how did johnson respond to the proposal and what did he do instead

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Johnson rejected this proposals as didn’t want a communist viet instead he
- sent an air squadron
- 20,000 troops
- two marine battalions

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the tet offensive

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1968

  • north viet military commander giap chose lunar new year
  • vietcong launched attacks against us individuals to give up their defence of the south
  • carried out more than 120 attack on cities gov buildings
  • got inside us embassy leading to anti war reteric in the us
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why was tet offensive a military defeat for vietcong

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  • no support in south
  • 25000 viet killed
  • only 3000 south killed
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was figures called for Reinforcement for de escalation of war

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  • walter cronkite (often referred to as most respected man in america) famous reporter on cbs news reinforcing anti war staying us was stuck in stalemate in Vietnam
  • secretary of state clark clifford also re convened de-escalation
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why was johnson not running again for president

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  • be limiting the bombing of north viet to the area below the 20th parallel
  • toll of viet war
  • unpopular
  • anti war protests
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peace movement 1960s

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  • anti war protest in washington dc consisting of 100,000 people
  • martin luther king disapproved
  • imfluenced nixons presidential campaign
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what approach did nixon have towards vietnam

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vietnamisation - withdrawal of american forces and replacing with south
- believed in stopping war fast whilst maintains peace w honour
- opposite of americanisation
- withdrawal of troops by 496000 in 3 years
- nixon didn’t want to abandon south viet so poured reasources into the ARVN troops
- ARVN troops 82000 to 1 million

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what was the guam doctrine

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established forgein policy of vietnamisation

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1972 spring offensive

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  • ARVN 8000 casualties but north 5 times as many and arvn held their ground
  • consequence of vietnamisation
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what was operation linebacker 1

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  • bombing campaign
  • also supported arvn
  • 150,000 tonnes of bombs dropped on viet
  • boosted morale in arvn
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what were underlying issues with operation linebacker
- still low morale as big number of casualties - lack of patriotism so remained ineffective - corruption; leaders chosen on their loyalty rather than
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why sino soviet relations were declining
why sino soviet relations were declining - diff interpretations of marxism , china focused on agriculture and an agrarian revolution - mao was a stalin admirer so de stalinisation policy angered him - secret speech - 1969 chinese border guards shot at russian border guards at zhenbao islands - lack of support from ussr when fighting taiwan because they wanted peaceful coexistence
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secret paris talks
kissinger sets up peace talks in paris w viet special advisor le duc tho , kissinger realpolitik, policy vietnamisation took them to negotiation table
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operation menu
- targeted viet hotspots within the country in order to sever supply lines along the ho chi mihn trail, pressurise viet into negotiations and compensate for the vietnamisation programme - no US general overthrows cambodias head of state - 20000 troops in cambodia
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was vietbamisation effective
shifting responsibility from america to the south, 496000 in three years, improved ARVN morale
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why might nixons policies been seen as ineffective
- ordering withdrawal in viet but inscursions in cambodia and laos - relying on ARVN was risky and us military was suspicious of them as full if nepotism - arvn low morale, high desertions and ineffective fighting and laos proved ineffectiveness
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why might Operation linebacker be seen as ineffective
- proved to be ill judged - bombing destroyed jungles but grew back and bases rebuilt - no long term advantage
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why were peace talks ineffective
- hit a buffer by 1972 - luc doc tho non negotiable of removal of south power
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sino soviet split: the malinosky incident
1964 - sensing division the soviet’s arranged talks w china where former ww2 general malinosky made a remark of ‘retiring’ mao
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sino soviet split; policy divergence
- khrushchev russia traded with newly independent india who were in a border dispute w china
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sino soviet split; cultural revolution
- maos little red book bible of chinese communism with all western and russian symbols destroyed - guards w communist russian links lost their jobs - attack on russian embassy in beijing by red guard lasting 2 day
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signs of detente
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signs of detente kissinger visiting china
- two visits july and oct 1971 invited by mao - beginning of ping pong diplomacy - reduced tariffs and difficulties of visiting china
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signs of detente cultural and sporting exchanges
- academics visiting and doing lectures - chinas biggest cultural treasure terracotta shipped to smithonian museum in dc for two years - us chess against china
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signs of detente nixon visiting china
- propaganda - photos of him on wall
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chinese motives for detente
- new appointed prime minister of china zhou - isolate the soviet union weaken american support for taiwan - needed funding for rebuilding an urban economy and growing population - could encourage international relations
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us motives
-isolate the soviet union - china had advance nuclear bomb arsenry - could help negotiate with vietnam
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why did krushchev be seen as unsuccessful
- heavily critised for handling of berlin crisis , booming west germany vs bad east - falling russian living stabdads, food queues common, choose limited and empty shops lack of consumer goods compared to west
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when and what started the prague spring
1968 professor sik proposing : 1) stalinist ideals of complete control was outdated, ideas of capitalism and best workers being rewarded, all workers should see higher wages and standard of living
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ehat does breznev do as a result of siks requests
- he replaces czech communist leader with dubcek , a young czech communist leader - thought replacing w a slovakian (minority) would keep the people in check - however dubcek agreed w siks conclusion
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dubcek actions
- started replacing traditionalists in the czech gov, hardline marxists replaced - april 1968 published famous czechoslovakian action man promoting socialist ideas ending press censorship n internal passports n freedom of speech - announces economic independence to ussr and push for consumer goods n allowed trade unions - allowed moscow control but would allow non communist groups to meet like club 231 - improve bilateral relations w places like us
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how was dubcek received by the public and what did he do more
he was instantly popular and begged him to go further - opens borders to west germany n austria
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consequences of prague spring
- breznev and dubcek has not reached agreement at the end of 6 meetings - 250000soldiers invaded 2000 tanks - no international intervention - 300,000 fled country - student named Jan Palach set himself on fire

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