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S5 Episode 2 - "The French Connection"

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Escalation of American Aid in Vietnam

This chapter examines the surge in American financial aid to Indochina in the early 1950s, which reached nearly four billion dollars to bolster French military efforts against the Viet Minh. It emphasizes the geopolitical motivations behind the support, primarily the fight against communism amid shifting dynamics in the region.

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