Vietnam was under French occupation after the Second World War. Ho Chi Minh led a revolution against the French colonial power in his country. Once France had been expelled in 1954, Vietnam became divided into North and South Vietnam, with Ho controlling the North. Ho was not pleased that two countries would be created instead of just one "Vietnam." Consequently, the solution was simple: Reunification.
In order to achieve his political and economic ideal of the communist system, Ho needed an independent states which he could turn into a communist nation, but with the French and Japanese blocking his path to this ideal, he needed to take on a nationalist mindset before paving the way for his communist goals. The fact that Ho “expressed his readiness to permit the French to maintain their economic position in Vietnam if they recognized Vietnamese independence” (Rotter, 2010), could lead to the conclusion that Ho was a nationalist first in that building a strong economy is one of the phases leading up to communism. I, however, think that this proposal was just a minor part of his long-run strategy to creating a communist Vietnam. I believe that his intentions were to allow the French to stay so that Vietnam would have extra military support against Japan, for example, until Vietnamese forces were strong enough to deal with their issues without external aid. I think before the Cold War, the Americans were much more willing to aid Ho despite
Diem traveled to France to find Bao Dai to request for help and lead South Vietnam to oppose the spread of North Vietnam’s communism towards South Vietnam. “He was appointed minister of the interior by Bao Dai” (“Ngo” 1). Ngo Dinh Diem became the leader of South Vietnam with 98.2 percent of the votes (“Ngo” 1). Dinh wanted to create a strong democracy for South Vietnam, yet what he wanted for South Vietnam did not go smoothly (“Ngo” 2). South Vietnamese communist to consolidate opposition to the Diem regime by forming a broad-based coalition of groups called the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF) (“Ngo” 2).
As the attempted capture of foreign fields would undoubtedly be a declaration of war, a strong of the Armed forces would be a necessity especially as Scotland was allied with France and they could theoretically face an attack from two angles simultaneously. Also as a true renaissance King, Henry VIII would have liked to promote a strong image to the international community at the time as well as pursuing a never-ending quest for glory. In addition to that one can deduce that Henry would have also liked to keep peace and forge new alliances (political and financial) with strong nations such as the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. Using this criterion one can determine what would have been classified a success or failure in relation to the foreign policy initiatives taken at the time. After Henry VII had died, Henry decided to marry Catherine of Aragon.
Why did Louis Philippe become king in 1830? (8) Louis Philippe was a direct descendant of Louis XVIII, and the eldest son of Philippe, duc d’orleans. His father had supported the revolution and favoured the execution of Louis XVI and his family had a pedigree of support for revolutionary principles. In July 1830, the opponents of Charles X were divided about whom or what should replace him. Many of the popular Parisian leaders, supported by the workers and students favoured a republic under the presidency of Lafayette.
The French Revolution of 1830 showed that ideas of liberalism and civic nationalism would spread. This time radicals wanted to set up a republic by choosing their own “citizen king”, Louis Philippe There was another revolution in 1848, where the citizen king was overthrown. This revolution was caused by romantic nationalism because due to problems, freedom of speech was abolished and the state gained power and was able to suppress the rebels. As the economy was faltering radicals forced themselves to work for a French republic. The force of the workers who wanted a republic defeated those who supported socialism.
The French revolution and the Haitian revolution had many similarities. In 1791 The French and Haitian revolutions coexisted both trying to overthrow the French Government . The French at this time were in the process of making a new government based on equal rights by making a new constitution. At the same time in Haiti an outraged enslaved population were getting ideals from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and were about to take action of their own. The French revolution and the Haitian alike began with inspiration from prior revolutions and their ideology (such as the American revolution).
This lead to assemblies, conventions, and even dictatorships. Robspierre and Napoleon came to power in a somewhat similar way, they accomplished some of their goals like: A Grand Empire and patriotism, but in the end, they were defeated by other countries and their own country. The way Robspierre and Napoleon cam to power was a little different but partially the same. The National Convention elected Robspierre to be the leader of it (second leader to Danton). He had a certain vision for France and instead of doing it the right way by asking others opinions, he took over and became a dictator passing radical laws.
In spite if the colossal military assist provided by america military for the French forces, France was eventually beaten by the Vietminh in 1954. In 1954, Vietnam was divided into 2 separate zones – Ho Chi Minh’s federal government would eat control in the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam, which was supported by China and also the Soviet Union; over a other hand, Bao Dai would head the Nation of Vietnam in South Vietnam, which was strongly supported by the US. However, from the
In this essay I will use four interpretations given as evidence to determine whether Napoleons European Empire in 1804 offered little benefit to its subjects. I will also asses other factors such as the idea Napoleon only had French/France interests at heart. I will also look at the laws and policies Napoleon carried out. And finally I will look at Napoleons participation in the rise of nationalism in places such as Italy. In interpretation A Napoleon is said to have been inspired from ‘Roman ‘principles’ and was known to take it very seriously.