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America's Longest War, 4/e
George Herring, University of Kentucky-Lexington
A Dead-End Alley: The United States, France, and the First Indochina War, 1950-1954

Internet Exercise 2

The Geneva Accords

Please read the Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference:

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/intdip/indoch/inch005.htm

Then read the official response by the Eisenhower Administration:

http://vietnam.vassar.edu/doc3.html



1

Aside from ending the fighting and formalizing France's withdrawal from Indochina, what were the principle stipulations of the Geneva Accords?


2

Given the military balance of power in Vietnam in 1954, were the Geneva Accords a victory or a setback for the United States in its effort to halt the spread of Communism in Indochina? Explain.


3

What position did the United States take with regard to the Geneva Accords? What specific principle did the American government specifically agree to uphold?










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