First Indochina War Essays

infamous Vietnam War is its predecessor, the First Indochina War. Consequently, the comprehension of the innumerable causes of the First Indochina War is essential to the understanding of modern Vietnam. Factors range from French Imperialism to new leadership to Vietnam’s involvement in World War II, and even go as far back as the Paris Peace Conference or Vietnam’s ancient inclination towards revolution. Of these causes the commencement of what historians see as an inevitable war, the omnipresence

“The Sacred Willow” portrays four generations of a Vietnamese family that stretches from the traditional mandarin culture of northern Vietnam, the French occupation, the Vietnamese war, to life in the US. A main portion of this book is centered around the narrator Mai’s father Duong Thieu Chi and his struggle of working in the government while raising a family during the time of French Occupation. Throughout Mai’s accounts, her father’s internal conflict between good and bad as well as modern and

In the late nineteenth century, Vietnam fell into the hands of the French who colonized to fuel their industrialization and improve their economy, becoming part of French Indochina which included Laos and Cambodia. Instead of accepting French rule, the Vietnamese resisted. Under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Minh was established and rebelled against the French. French rule impacted Vietnam greatly, and the effects of their control can still be seen to this day. Profit was the driving factor

The Giver Literature essay I have read the dystopian novel “The Giver” (1993) which is written by the beloved American author Lois Lowry. “The Giver” is about a twelve-year-old boy with the name Jonas. Jonas lives a similar life as all the others in the community, until the Ceremony of Twelve when he got assigned the task as the Receiver of Memory. As The Receiver of Memory it is Jonas’ task to keep all the memories of the past so not everyone needs to keep this burden. Although Jonas received beautiful

“The Red Earth: A Vietnamese Memoir of Life on a Colonial Rubber Plantation” by Tran Tu Binh give the reader a close look into French ruled Indochina rubber plantation. The story takes place in Vietnam in the Phu Rieng plantation. This was one of twenty-five French rubber plantation which were all found a long a three hundred kilometer long area from the South China sea to Mekong River in Cambodia (Binh VII). Binh came village in the Ha-nam Province located in Red River delta in Northern Vietnam

Nationalism to shape Nationalism in China and Asia The Three People’s Principles were conceived, drafted and written by Sun Yat-sen. As the ideological essence of Sun, the development of the Three People’s Principles consisted of two stages: the first stage was old Principles of Three People; the second stage was new Principles of Three People. The main contents included the Principle of Nationalism, the Principle of Democracy and the Principle of People’s livelihood. In the context of internal

Slavery in Haiti during the late eighteenth, and early nineteenth century was a very contentious issue. The sugar farms in Haiti accounted for much of the French economy, and slaves were necessary to farm sugar at the rate that they did. Haiti alone had 800,000 slaves, which was good for most in the world. Additionally, the sugar plantations had dangerous working conditions, and a high death rate. Toussaint L’Ouverture was born a slave on one of the plantations and given an education, something that

colonialism of the previous century. Vietnam, which stretches along the eastern edge of the Indochina peninsula just south of China, became a French colony in the mid-nineteenth century. Resistance to French domination began to grow in the early twentieth century, and a budding independence movement began to emerge in the years following World War I, under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969). During World War II, the Japanese occupied Vietnam, and the French were forced to abandon the colony. With

During World War II, the French Indochina was occupied by the Japanese. But after the war, the French tried to reclaim their former colonies in Indochina. While trying to reclaim their territory, the Vietminh, a Communist group, attacked the French in order to keep the land. The United States aided the French but it failed to led the French into victory. The French and Vietminh battled at Dien Bien Phu where the French were defeated. A treaty was signed in Geneva, Switzerland. The treaty granted

country first appeared, it was invaded by China more than a thousand years. The most important battle in this period is the Battle of Bạch Đằng. At the Battle of Bạch Đằng River in 938, Ngô Quyền led the rebel Vietnamese forces, defeated the invading forces of the Southern Han state of China and put an end to centuries of Chinese imperial domination in Vietnam. It took place at the Bạch Đằng River, near Hạ Long Bay in northern Vietnam. The victory at Bạch Đằng, ended 1000 years of

Vietnam region was filled with violence and exterior governing powers at first with China, then by the French in the late XVIII century when the French Indonesia was created. Slowly in the early XIX century, nationalist groups started to emerged to ask for more self-governance and get rid of French imperialism. One of the main group was the Viet Minh, led by their Communist leader Ho Chi Minh. However during the second World War II, when France lost to Nazi Germany, the territories became occupied by

Technology and war are closely related as it shapes the strategies adopted by nations and also influence the outcome of the war . Technological advancements are also driven by war due to the perceived needs to stay ahead and stay relevant in the new era so as to provide a technological edge against potential adversaries2. Although technology employed during war does provide an advantage against potential adversaries, however, it does not always result in a decisive advantage or victory in war. As demonstrated

fall of Tyre to Babylon. (newworldenclopydia.org n.d). At the height of her influence, the empire included western Mediterranean Sea; they were at constant struggle for supremacy with the Roman Republic which led to series of conflicts known as Punic Wars. Carthaginian warlord Hannibal is regarded as the greatest military warlord in history. The Carthaginian had a long battle for supremacy with the Roman both in sea and on land which ended with the roman becoming hegemonic power at the time. In this

in Carthage, Africa, as the son of Hamilcar Barca. Hamilcar was an amazing Carthaginian general with only one goal, defeat and conquer Rome. As a young boy, Hannibal was exposed to war, blood, gore,and death. According to the History Channel documentary Ancients Behaving Badly, Hannibal had to dip his hands into warm blood bathe in it. Hannibal quickly learned to harden his heart and learn that life was worthless. After his father’s

As Tome Pires leads the first diplomatic mission to china, something no Portuguese had ever done before, He and the others encountered with the Chinese courts for violating Chinese law. “ He apparently offended the local Chinese officials in many ways, for example, by building

Mike Boland The French Involvement in Vietnam from 1945-1954 In order to fully understand the French involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1954, you need to first look at and analyze the two different lines of thinking from both the French and the Viet Minh. The French Involvement in Vietnam was marked by a clash between the French colonial mindset and the nationalist Viet Minh mindset. What we see as a common thread throughout this conflict, especially in the battle at Bien Diem Phu, is the French

Their view of the world and of non-Chinese as barbarians and tribute bearers was too deeply rooted in the uniform experience of 4,000 years to change easily. Another physiological factor also helped induce the Chinese of the 19th century to consider Westerners as barbarians. Western diet included more meat and dairy products than the relatively vegetarian diet of the Chinese. The resultant excess consumption of protein gave Westerners, in the Chinese view, a peculiar smell of butter or mutton. It

Film Review: “The Opium War” The movie “The Opium War” was filmed in memory of the return of HongKong in 1997. It’s an attempt to rebuild historical cognition. It is about what happened between two empires (the Great Qing dynasty and the Great Britain) in the time that full of opportunities and chaos from 1838 to 1840. The emperor Daoguang decided to forbid opium, bringing back wealth and order to his land. The emperor appointed Lin Zexu as his imperial commissioner, ordering him to go to Guangzhou

Have you ever wondered why you can find a Coca Cola in China even if it is an American product? Have you ever wonder what is the process, how the borders are crossed and why, and what’s more, in which ways does it affects Chinese people? What would happen if the Chinese people decided that they do not want more sugar, would it affect the Americans? Nowadays, the world is a combination of many sovereign states integrated into a common market. Communication and transportation revolution combined with

Aastha Yadav Parag Jyoti Saikia World Civilization 12 March 2018 How Does Colonization and Global Economy effect on African Society? Colonization refers” Process of controlling power by dominant group over recessive group or area” Europeans came Africa for trading purpose and introduced slavery that deviated Africans life and society. Colonization and global economy effect Africa, it damaged tradition economy, culture, political policies and dramatically it effect on land and labor. Globalization