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Nationalism in Vietnam
Nationalism in the Third World has historically served as a powerful force in lashing out against colonialism. ... In Asia, Vietnam has fought a long struggle to keep its country independent from foreign domination. ...
Nationalism in Vietnam gave power to a movement for unification of a country that could not be harnessed by an external force placed upon the Vietnamese people. ... With the attempt to integrate Vietnam politically and culturally in the Chinese Empire there was fierce, but often sporadic resistance. The most famous of these revolts was in AD 39 when the Trung sisters led an uprising leaving the older sister the ruler of an independent state of Vietnam. ... Vietnam managed to keep a separate culture and traditions of their own apart from the Chinese. ... The people of Vietnam share as Chaven’s definition suggest common institutions and culture creating a unity among them. ... Part of this identity came from the winning of independence from China the more the Chinese tried to sinicize Vietnam the more this effort promoted Vietnamese Nationalism. ... Chaven’s book nationalism in Asia this question is raised, “Often it is asked with surprise as how to a small and poor nation like Vietnam could fight the greatest world power like the United States and still survive the death and destruction caused by the rain of American bomb? ... The first is that the United States miscalculated the motives for a reunified Vietnam. ... It was patriotism that led him to seek help from the West in establishing an independent Vietnam. ... The motives for the leadership in Vietnam were first and foremost an independent Vietnam free from foreign domination. ... Historically, Vietnam had led a struggle against the Chinese Empire for the very same reasons it would later wage war against the French and United States. ... McNamara US Secretary of Defense under the Kennedy and Johnson administration in his book In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of the Vietnam War said the following about the movement under Ho Chi Minh, We also totally underestimated the nationalist aspect of Ho Chi Minh’s movement. ... McNamara attributed the failure of the Vietnam War on a lack of knowledge that the government had access to concerning Southeast Asia. There were no experts who had relevant information to compensate for the ignorance of the decision-makers in the regarding American involvement in Vietnam. ... ”
The United States directed its war effort against Vietnam based on the premise that if South Vietnam were to fall to Communism it would not just endanger the security of Asia, but the western world as well. ... , Ho Chi Minhs government in North Vietnam was seen as a product of Soviet communist expansion. ... gradually increased its involvement in hopes to prevent a communist Vietnam from emerging. If Vietnam were to be a casualty of communism it was feared that other Asian states would then follow suit constituting a threat to U. ... From these miscalculations the United States failed to see the nationalist movement of Vietnam as it really was.
Approximate Word count = 2456
Approximate Pages = 9.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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