Ho Chi Minh and the OSS (Office of Strategic Services)

Running Head : Ho Chi Minh and the OSS Name : University : Course : Tutor Date

Ho Chi Minh and the OSS (Office of Strategic Services

This dissertation will attempt to look into the relationship that the United States once had with Ho Chi Minh .A detailed look into the reasons and issues surrounding that relationship , who benefited from it , as well as any impact that resulted in this kind of alliance as Vietnam struggled to gain independence

Introduction

The relationship between Ho Chi Minh and the Office of Strategetic Services can

be traced back when Vietnam was involved in Second World War with French and Japan . There was need for full independence by Ho therefore he involved United States to help remove Japan and French from the place . The United States would provide protection being a powerful country .Ho therefore wanted the US to protect until the time it was to achieve full independence . However the question that is being asked is whether the relationship was successful since it is argued that US did not fully support Ho help Vietnam attain full independence . This shows that the relationship was unsuccessful since Ho was associated with Communism but US was against any form of communism . Up to date US is still an enemy of Vietnam regarding to the game it played in the second world war in to assist in removing French and Japan from the region . Instead it helped French to root itself in the region the so called the republic of Vietnam1 . The impact of the relationship that existed between Ho Chi Minh and US has brought a lot of debate among different scholars who have viewed it as a plan by US to finish communism in the region . This therefore discusses some of these issues associated with this relationship

Statement of problem

This research tries to look into the kind of relationship that the US during world war II once had with Ho Chi Minh .It has been discovered that the relationship was not successful whereby both communist and non communists in Vietnam argue that US was after finishing communism in the entire region . The fact that Ho was associated with communism and US was not for it led for the failure of the agreement . The full independence was not attained by Ho since US did not like him being a communist . The begins by exploring issues of how the relationship started and how it went through before it became unsuccessful .The methodology that was used to gather information about these issues are also discussed

Research methodology

This research was done after carrying out a survey on the whole issue Personal interviews were done to the OSS department and politicians both in Vietnam and United States of America who witnessed the war in Vietnam . Piloting of questionnaires was done to test for construct validity before they were posted to individuals who were to administer them . Analysis of data was purely done using qualitative method . Various articles...