The Path to the Second Indochina War (Part One): The Two Vietnams
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The Geneva Accords divided Vietnam at the seventeenth parallel and promised elections within two years. The elections never happened. Instead, two states set about building themselves in opposite directions, and both killed a great many of their own people doing it.
Time Period Covered: 1954 to 1963
What occurred in a divided Vietnam in the aftermath of the Geneva Accords? How did so many die during the North Vietnamese 'Land Reform Campaign'? Why was South Vietnam described as an 'emerging fascist state'?
In this first part of a mini-series on the origins of the Vietnam War, Lachlan investigates state building in the divided Vietnam. Exploring the ideology and benefactors of the separate regimes, we touch upon the thousands who died during the efforts to revolutionise the North, as well as similarly draconian methods to consolidate power in the hands of one family in the South.
Sources
Christopher Goscha Vietnam: A New History
Ben Kiernan Viet Nam
Edward Miller The Vietnam War
Alec Holcombe Mass Mobilisation in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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