Six Degrees of Vietnam: World War II and the Vietnam War

In this episode I'm joined by Dr. Rob Thompson to talk about the Vietnam War and how that conflict is connected to World War II. This is a more conversational episode because I don't know as much about Vietnam and Rob is a friend of mine. As he explains early on, Vietnam at this time in 1943 was known as French Indochina, and things get really complicated and messy. But this is another example of how it is next to impossible to study this period in isolation, and how the Second World War had an impact everywhere. Links Dr. Rob Thompson (https://www.drrobthompson.com/) Clear, Hold, and Destroy: Pacification in Phú Yên and the American War in Vietnam by Dr. Rob Thompson (https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Hold-Destroy-Pacification-American/dp/0806168692/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=clear+hold+and+destroy&qid=1606574614&sr=8-1) Links from the US Army Center of Military History The US Army Before Vietnam 1953-1965 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/076/76-3/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Allied Participation in Vietnam (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-5-1/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Base Development 1965-1970 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-6/index.html) Vietnam Studies: The Development and Training of the South Vietnamese Army, 1950-1972 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-10/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Financial Management of the Vietnam Conflict, 1962-1972 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-13/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Law at War - Vietnam 1964-1973 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-14/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Medical Support 1965-1970 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-16/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Mounted Combat in Vietnam (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-17-1/index.html) Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-28-1/index.html) Judge Advocates in Combat: Army Lawyers in Military Operations from Vietnam to Haiti (https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-77/index.html) Seven Firefights in Vietnam (https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-4/index.html) Vietnam from Cease-Fire to Capitulation (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-29/index.html) US Army CMH Publications Catalog (⁠https://history.army.mil/catalog/browse/title.html⁠)