With reference to this source and your understanding of the historical context assess the
value of this source to a historian studying the origin of the Vietnam War
Source A is valuable as it comes as a resolution by the central committee of the Vietnam
Workers Party in Dec 1963 a month after the Diem assassination. The source is hugely
valuable due to both its origin and purpose, being that it is a state ‘resolution’ meaning it is
aimed at the SV people meaning the Communist party may convince the people NV is on the
front foot and SV is on the back foot in order motivate the people for the rallying for war.
Having said this, we shouldn’t overstate the value because this in extension may act as a
propaganda tool, so things currently may be hidden for the sake of rallying the people to
fight the ‘enemy’. However, the source is hugely valuable in Especially it sheds light on the
instability of SV the mass support of communism and the NLF. the Resolution states that
‘our forces will be increasingly developed, whereas the enemy will certainly face a great
deal of difficulties’ This is partially true with the assassination plot of Diem causing mass
discontent and the number of NLF hugely increasing by 4x and by the time of 1967 several
government administrations would be in and out. The tone is Bellicose and hostile as the
resolution mentions that ‘US imperialist sent more troop to Vietnam to save the situation …
the struggle will become stronger but … certainly, we will succeed.’ This is valuable as it is
true that American intervention had hugely failed by 1963 through programs wanting to
contain communism in SV such as SHP, and Agent Orange but also through sending ‘military
advisors’ (16k by 1963). Yet in reverse increased opposition and increased sympathy
towards communism. The source is valuable for the wider context of the Cold War and
setting the tone for the escalation in invention in the Vietnam War through the Johnson
regime with the source being prescient in telling what will happen in Vietnam in the next
couple of years 'US … Sen more troops to Vietnam to save the situation.’
Make sure you touch on the actual question at hand. The origins of the Vietnam war, what does it
mean that the North Vietnamese see the US as ‘imperialists’, then flesh this out.
Make sure to proof read and see that its makes cohesive sense
value of this source to a historian studying the origin of the Vietnam War
Source A is valuable as it comes as a resolution by the central committee of the Vietnam
Workers Party in Dec 1963 a month after the Diem assassination. The source is hugely
valuable due to both its origin and purpose, being that it is a state ‘resolution’ meaning it is
aimed at the SV people meaning the Communist party may convince the people NV is on the
front foot and SV is on the back foot in order motivate the people for the rallying for war.
Having said this, we shouldn’t overstate the value because this in extension may act as a
propaganda tool, so things currently may be hidden for the sake of rallying the people to
fight the ‘enemy’. However, the source is hugely valuable in Especially it sheds light on the
instability of SV the mass support of communism and the NLF. the Resolution states that
‘our forces will be increasingly developed, whereas the enemy will certainly face a great
deal of difficulties’ This is partially true with the assassination plot of Diem causing mass
discontent and the number of NLF hugely increasing by 4x and by the time of 1967 several
government administrations would be in and out. The tone is Bellicose and hostile as the
resolution mentions that ‘US imperialist sent more troop to Vietnam to save the situation …
the struggle will become stronger but … certainly, we will succeed.’ This is valuable as it is
true that American intervention had hugely failed by 1963 through programs wanting to
contain communism in SV such as SHP, and Agent Orange but also through sending ‘military
advisors’ (16k by 1963). Yet in reverse increased opposition and increased sympathy
towards communism. The source is valuable for the wider context of the Cold War and
setting the tone for the escalation in invention in the Vietnam War through the Johnson
regime with the source being prescient in telling what will happen in Vietnam in the next
couple of years 'US … Sen more troops to Vietnam to save the situation.’
Make sure you touch on the actual question at hand. The origins of the Vietnam war, what does it
mean that the North Vietnamese see the US as ‘imperialists’, then flesh this out.
Make sure to proof read and see that its makes cohesive sense
