Post World War II Asia

De-colonization
India's struggle
Creation of Pakistan 
Indian economy
Kashmir
Secession of Bangladesh

The Cold War in Asia 
Korean partition
The Korean War
S. Korean progress
N. Korean communism
The Korean War

The First Indochina War (1946-1954)
Background
Vietnamese nationalism: Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)
Japanese Occupation (1941-1945)
France forced to withdraw
Four nations formed

The Second Indochina War
Partition of Vietnam
The Vietnam War
	-Ngo Dinh Diem (1955-1963)
	-Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
	-Tet offensive Jan 30, 1968
Vietnamization
Nixon Doctrine
Fall of Saigon 1975
Communist quarrels after the war

The Killing Fields: Genocide in Cambodia (1975-1979)
1954 Cambodian independence
Prince Norodom Sihanouk 
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge
1970 military coup w/ help from US
1975 guerillas seize power
"Super Great Leap Forward"
1998 arrest and heart attack