vietnam post geneva accords Flashcards
what was nation building
giving money and weapons to s. Vietnam
why was nation building seen as necessary
to maintain an indpendant, non comunist south vietnam
to rally suport for Diem
how sucsessful was nation building
unsucsessful
Diem used the money for his own gain not vietnams and it pushed dislike for Diem and american involvment
why was diem unpopular
seen as an american puppet
didnt listen to us advisors
spent aid on himself
disrespectful of beliefs and practices oustide of catholisism
refused 1956 election (undemocratic dictator)
what were ho chi minhs aims
fight for reunification
land reform
revolutionaly violence strategy
communist vietnam
what was minhs land reform
seized privatly owned land and redistributed it amongst the rural farming population
what were the sucsesses of land reform
colectivisation was achieved
agricultral production increased
helped strengthen ties with China
what were the failures of land reform
6000 killed in a revolt in 1956
put people in labour camps
1 mill fled south
public apology needed
what was the revolutionary violence strategy
strenghten the north to reunify
decloration of war on the south
overthrow diem
NLF
what was the NLF
a political group formed in 1960 in the south of non comunists oposing diems regime
what was the sucsesses of the revolutionary violence strategy
critical to communist sucsess against the s. vietnam and us armys
what were the failures of the revolutionary violence strategy
many communists killed by Diem
drematic increase in the leval of violence
what did the revolutionary violence strategy undermine
geneva accords
gave a justification for us involvment
who suported the NLF
rural peasents
french resenters
reunifires
nationalists
students and interlectuals
range of classes
how was the NLF linked to the viet/Minh
Minh was seen as the true leader
how were the viet Minh and the NLF conected
they shared common aimes and enemies but they were seperate organisations
how was the NLF seen by the us
agent of comunism controlled by Hanoi
how and why did the NLF present itself
as a seperate nationalist force
not to breach geneva accords
what was the Ho chi Minh trail
suply lines from the north to south through cambodia and Laos to suport vietcong
