[TMJC] Theme III Second Indochinese War

ThemeIII:TheColdWarandSoutheastAsia Topic:ManifestationsoftheColdWarinSoutheastAsia TheSecondIndochinaWar(1959-1975)INQUIRYQUESTION:WHOORWHATCAUSEDTHEOUTBREAKOFTHESECONDINDOCHINAWAR? INQUIRYQUESTION:HOWANDWHYDIDTHESECONDINDOCHINAWARDEVELOP? FactorsshapingtheSecondIndochinaWar(1959–1975) - 1959markedHanoi’spublicdeclarationofawartouniteVietnam,while1975markedthefallofSaigon.- ContextofoutbreakoftheSecondIndochinaWar:SovietandChinesediplomaticrecognitionofHoChiMinh’sgovernment;AmericanopensupportfortheFrenchandNgoDinhDiem;impactofGenevaAccordsandSouthVietnam’srefusaltoholdelections;establishmentofRepublicofVietnam(RVN)andDemocraticRepublicofVietnam(DRV) 1. ColdWardevelopments- SuperpowercompetitionforinfluenceintheThirdWorld;worseningSino-Sovietrelations;Sino-Americanconfrontationandrapprochement 2. RoleofNorthandSouthVietnam- NorthVietnam’seffortstoreunifyVietnam[e.g.declarationofwartoreunifyVietnam(1959),creationofNationalLiberationFront(NLF)(1960)];SouthVietnameseregimes’consolidationofpoliticalpowerandeffortstocombatcommunistinsurgency;bothNorthandSouthVietnam’sexploitationofColdWartensionstoobtainsupportfrommajorpowers;useofmilitaryforce(e.g.,TetOffensive(1968),OperationLamSon719(1971)];NorthVietnam’snegotiationswiththeUSA;fallofSaigon(1975) 3. RoleoftheUSA,theUSSRandChina- TheUSA:fearofspreadofcommunism;commitmenttrap;USA’seconomicandmilitaryaidtoSouthVietnam;directmilitaryinvolvement[e.g.,OperationRollingThunder(1965)];Vietnamisation(1969)andwithdrawalofAmericantroops;negotiationswithNorthVietnam;ParisPeaceAccords(1973)oTheUSSR:militaryandeconomicsupportforNorthVietnam;preferencefornegotiationsoChina:militaryandeconomicsupportforNorthVietnam;increasingtensionsbetweenChinaandNorthVietnamduetoSino-Sovietrivalry TheThirdIndochinaWar(1978-1991)INQURIYQUESTION:WHOORWHATCAUSEDTHEOUTBREAKOFTHETHIRDINDOCHINAWAR? INQUIRYQUESTION:HOWANDWHYDIDTHETHIRDINDOCHINAWARDEVELOP? ● FactorsshapingtheThirdIndochinaWar(1978–1991)

1978markedVietnam’sinvasionofCambodia,while1991markedthesigningoftheParisPeaceAgreements. 4. HistoricalanimositiesandColdWardevelopments- Historicalanimosities:betweenKhmerandVietnameseethnicities;pastVietnameseexploitationandterritorialexpansion(e.g.,EmperorMinhMang’saggressivepoliciestowardsCambodia,Cambodia’sperceivedlossofKampucheaKrom)- ColdWardevelopments:détenteandrenewedconfrontationbetweensuperpowers;Sino-Sovietrivalryandrapprochement;endingoftheColdWarinlate1980s 5. RoleofVietnamandCambodia- Vietnam:Vietnam’salliancewiththeUSSR;politicalcompetitionwithKhmerRougeforinfluenceanddominance;Vietnam’sinvasionofCambodiain1978;gradualwithdrawaloftroopsfromCambodia;militaryanddiplomaticeffortstoresolveconflict;itschangingrelationswiththeUSSRandChina- Cambodia:KhmerRouge’salliancewithChina;politicalcompetitionwithVietnamforinfluenceanddominance;militaryanddiplomaticeffortstoresolveconflict(e.g.;formationofCoalitionGovernmentofDemocraticKampuchea(CGDK)in1982,itseight-pointproposal);theKhmerRouge’schangingrelationswithChina 6. RoleofChina,