Taylor divided his analysis of the circumstances into three sections: Strategy: "The communist strategy as defined by North Vietnam and the puppet National Liberation Front is to seek a political settlement favorable to the communists. This political objective is to be achieved by stages, passing first through 'neutralism' using the National Liberation Front machinery and then the technique of coalition government." ...
In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh front he had created in 1941. ... Nation building was failing the South, and, in 1960, communist cadres created the National Liberation Front (NLG) or Vietcong as its enemies called it, to challenge the Diem regime. ... Buddhist priests, spiritual leaders of the majority of Vietnamese, staged dramatic protests, including self-immolation, against the dictatorship of the Catholic Diem. ...
The Vietnam War was between the of 1957-1975. In these eighteen years, men and women served and fought in the war. Even though men took most of the acknowledgment in this war, women played a tremendous role as well. Their remembrance was not as well-known as the men who served in the war. Almos...
Two kinds of War Powers Legislation awaited final action in the Senate and the House in 1973. One would establish strict limits on the President's power to take the country into war without specific authorization by Congress, in pursuance of the power to declare war given to the Congress by the Constitution. The other, more importantly, allowed Congress to use Congressional power to prevent the Executive from taking us into a third Indo-Chinese war. Presidential war-making powers did not become a substantial threat to the Congressional power to declare war until the 21st century with...
In 1950, the war moved from the passive to the active stage. ... This forced the Viet Minh to revert to a passive stage of revolutionary warfare and gave the French a false sense of security that the Viet Minh could never match them in a "set-piece" battle. ... Moreover, the myriad sectarian interests present in the South, the Catholic areas and the domains of the Cao Dai, Hoa Hao and the Binh Xuyen, were satisfied to negotiate with the French for regional autonomy and prevented the formation of a broadly based popular front. ...
The Marshall Plan, which is what Truman is referring to in the above quote, was the catalyst, which set the stage for over 45 years of "cold" war. ... Fighting on the other side was a coalition of forces including the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the National Liberation Front, a communist-led South Vietnamese guerrilla movement. ... Shortly after the Nicaraguan conflict, things started to change drastically on the global front. ...
