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The Nationalist Movement in Indo-China
Describe Agent Orange as the deadly Poison.
Agent Orange is a defoliant or a plant killer. It was stored in drums marked with an orange band. Between 1961 and 1971, some 11 million gallons of this chemical was sprayed from cargo planes by US forces. Their plan was to destroy forests and fields, so that it would be easier to kill there was no jungle cover the people to hide in.
Over 14 per cent of the country’s farmland was affected by this poison. Its effect has been staggering, continuing to affect people till today. Dioxin, an element of Agent Orange, is known to cause cancer and brain damage in children, and according to a study, high incidence of deformities found in the sprayed areas.
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The government made the Saigon Native Girls School take back the students it had expelled.
Rats were most common in the modern, newly built areas of Hanoi.
Describe the ideas behind the Tonkin Free School. To what extent was it a typical example of colonial ideas in Vietnam?
What was Phan Chu Trinh’s objective for Vietnam? How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chau?
With reference to what you have read in this chapter, discuss the influence of China on Vietnam’s culture and life.
What was the role of religious groups in the development of anti-colonial feelings in Vietnam?
Explain the causes of the US involvement in the war of Vietnam. What effect did this involvement have on life within the US itself?
Write an evaluation of the Vietnamese War against the US from the point of view of:
(a) a porter on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
(b) a woman soldier.
What was the role of women in the anti-imperial struggle in Vietnam? Compare this with the role of women in the nationalist struggle in India.
When did Indo-China get its formal independence?
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