S2 Ep5: The Path to the Second Indochina War - Part Two: The CIA, NLF and Diem

S2 Ep5: The Path to the Second Indochina War - Part Two: The CIA, NLF and Diem

How did a succession of US administrations become stuck in Vietnam?

How did Diem's policies create the conditions for insurgency?

What did the early activities of the NLF look like?

Time Period Covered 1954 - 1961

In part two of our exploration of the path to the Second Indochina War, we focus on early American efforts to create a stable regime in South Vietnam. The activities of the CIA and Edward Lansdale in the aftermath of Geneva are used to introduce this relationship, as well as the growing realisation in some quarters that perhaps Diem was not the best person for the job of leading the country. We look at the 'paradox' of Vietnam, why escalation slowly continued in the face of private doubts. NLF operations in the Mekong Delta are discussed from the point of view of those staging these actions, as well as those civilians who were effected by the authoritarianism of Diem and the intimidating tactics of those that wished to overthrow him.

Sources

Christopher Goscha Vietnam: A New History
Fredrick Logevall The Embers of War
Edward Miller The Vietnam War
Neil Sheehan The Pentagon Papers
Geoffrey Warner The United States and Vietnam 1945-1965 (International Affairs October 1972)

Show Content
https://www.shadowsofutopia.com/dramatis-personae.html

Support
https://www.shadowsofutopia.com/support.html

Avsnitt(51)

S1 Ep9: The Origins of Communism - Part Two - Soviet

S1 Ep9: The Origins of Communism - Part Two - Soviet

How do you build a society out of the theories of Marx and Engels? Who was Lenin and why is he such an important communist figure? How did communism come to Indochina? Time Period Covered: 1917 - 193...

1 Apr 20202h

S1 Ep8: The Origins of Communism - Part One - Marx and Engels

S1 Ep8: The Origins of Communism - Part One - Marx and Engels

Who are the proletariat? Who wrote the Communist Manifesto? What was the context in which it was written? Time Period Covered 1842 – 1900 This episode is intended to function as an introduction to t...

19 Jan 20201h 22min

S1 Ep7: The French Protectorate, Rural Life and the Rise of Cambodian Nationalism

S1 Ep7: The French Protectorate, Rural Life and the Rise of Cambodian Nationalism

What did French control of Cambodia look like? How did this ‘Protectorate’ function? What are the origins of Cambodian nationalism? What was life like for your average Khmer in the early 20th century?...

2 Dec 20192h 2min

S1 Ep6: The Dawn of French Indochina

S1 Ep6: The Dawn of French Indochina

What happened in the years leading up the French colonisation of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam? How did Cambodian rulers become so dependent on either Siam or Vietnam for protection?   Time period covere...

31 Aug 20192h 1min

S1 Ep6: Interview: David Chandler on Cambodian History and Genocide

S1 Ep6: Interview: David Chandler on Cambodian History and Genocide

Professor David Chandler is perhaps the most widely recognised and respected scholar of Cambodian history. Author of books such as A History of Cambodia, Brother Number One, Voices from S-21 and The T...

30 Juni 201956min

S1 Ep5: Cambodia After Angkor - Part Two

S1 Ep5: Cambodia After Angkor - Part Two

How will the forces of Imperialism and Colonialism come to the region of Indochina? What role will Europeans play in shaping what will eventually become the state of Cambodia? Time period covered: 15...

5 Maj 20191h 19min

S1 Ep4: Cambodia After Angkor - Part One

S1 Ep4: Cambodia After Angkor - Part One

How did the Khmer go from a civilisation which dominated most of mainland Southeast Asia, to a reduced vassal state of either the Siamese or the Vietnamese? Why did the capital move from Angkor? Why a...

26 Feb 201956min

S1 Ep4: Interview: 'Visualising Angkor' with Tom Chandler

S1 Ep4: Interview: 'Visualising Angkor' with Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler is a senior lecturer at Monash University. His research has focused upon the design and development of immersive simulations of the past, particularly the medieval Cambodian capital of An...

29 Juli 201852min

Populärt inom Samhälle & Kultur

podme-dokumentar
en-mork-historia
gynning-berg
p3-dokumentar
aftonbladet-krim
svenska-fall
killradet
mardromsgasten
creepypodden-med-jack-werner
skaringer-nessvold
hor-har
kod-katastrof
flashback-forever
historiska-brott
rss-sanning-konsekvens
rattsfallen
rss-nemo-moter-en-van
larm-vi-minns
rss-mer-an-bara-morsa
p1-dokumentar