176. The Vietnam War: The Rise of Ho Chi Minh

Empire

Jack Davenport

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Vietnam, or Indochina as it was known, had been under French colonial rule since the nineteenth century. This was until the Vietnamese nationalist group, the Viet Minh, took on the French in 1946. Ho Chi Minh, son of a Confucian scholar, former chef in Boston, and lover of French literature, was at their head. The fighting came to an end in 1954 with the Geneva convention splitting the country in two. The northern side was to be ruled by the Viet Minh, with close links to the Chinese Communist party and the Soviet Union whilst the South, then known as the Republic of Vietnam, was to remain loyal to America. However, by summer 1963, America is taking an increasingly active role, tensions are rising and a second war is on the horizon. Listen as William and Anita are joined by Fredrik Logevall to discuss the lead up to the Vietnam War. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: [email protected] Goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producers: Anouska Lewis and Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:26.2	Durhample. So we are joined by Frederick Logeville who is author of Embers of
1:31.5	War. So nicely pronounced,
1:33.0	I have to say your Swedish pronunciation improves each week on this.
1:37.0	You're just jealous.
1:38.0	Yeah, Frederick said it was very good.
1:40.0	The fall of an empire and the making of America's Vietnam and of course Frederick the clue is in the title we're here to talk about the Vietnam War the events leading up to it and this idea of how Daniel immovar has a book called America's Hidden Empire and whether this slots into that kind of description.
1:57.3	First of all, though, welcome and didn't I say your name well? Didn't I?
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