American Escalation in Vietnam
Why did successive American Presidents intervene more and more in Vietnam? This podcast identifies the reasons for French failure in Indochina and why the US took up the mantle of defending the Vietnamese people from the perils of communism. We will explore how the divided Vietnam of the 1954 Geneva Agreements was an unsustainable compromise and how US economic and military aid to South Vietnam failed to stem the challenge from the Vietcong and North Vietnam which eventually led to Johnson's full scale military intervention. You can find out more on the Vietnam pages of the website.
American Escalation in Vietnam
Thursday, 24 May 2007
