How could the communists have taken over the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) and unite it with the communist North?
South East Asian economic style is not a good choice for industrial development. And south vietnam economy was more similar to Malaysia and Thailand than South Korea, as their economy focused more on service and assembling finished products for foreign MNCs than genuine heavy industries, which is undesirable for LDCs.Give South Vietnam more incompetent leadership after the Paris Peace Accords. Modern South Vietnam is one of the freest nations fastest-growing economies in Asia while North Vietnam remains mired in poverty and authoritarianism.
where was Nixon in 1960??Have JFK rather than Nixon win in 1960. I've heard that his pick for SECDEF favoured a more gradual escalation of force against the North, rather than the short, sharp, shock, Nixon's strategy used. Add that to the fact that JFK would probably not have been able to establish relations with the PRC (he'd have been accused of being 'soft' on Communism) and you'd have a recipe for a quagmire.
where was Nixon in 1960??
OOC: Is this supposed to be an OOC post?South East Asian economic style is not a good choice for industrial development. And south vietnam economy was more similar to Malaysia and Thailand than South Korea, as their economy focused more on service and assembling finished products for foreign MNCs than genuine heavy industries, which is undesirable for LDCs.
I heard the French planned to have a big battle at Dien Bien Phu. I checked their battle plans (were declassified last year or so) and it could have been very dangerous.
The negotiated peace treaty leaving Cochinchina separate was really the best thing that could have happened to it
Give South Vietnam more incompetent leadership after the Paris Peace Accords. Modern South Vietnam is one of the freest nations fastest-growing economies in Asia while North Vietnam remains mired in poverty and authoritarianism.
Give South Vietnam more incompetent leadership after the Paris Peace Accords. Modern South Vietnam is one of the freest nations fastest-growing economies in Asia while North Vietnam remains mired in poverty and authoritarianism.
Trần then Uncle Ho - can you imagine if some of the clowns that tried to get into office actually had?Have Ho Chi Mihn become a communist rather then the nationalist he was OTL.
The man was the leader that more or less forged south Veitnam as it is today, while the north had a cadre of incompetants who had to be bailed out by the other communist states over and over again.