I had known for a long time the sort of horrors and torturous things went on at these camps, but what this book does teach is the horrors and tortures of one. The book tells of the emotions and experiences through the eyes of one who has actually experienced those terrible times.…
In the 1950's, the United States began to send troops to Vietnam, during the following 25-year period, the ensuing war would create some of the strongest tensions in US history. Almost 3 million US men and women were sent thousands of miles to fight for what was a questionable cause. In total, it is estimated that over 2,5 million people on both sides were killed.…
In her article, “The Vietnam War in American Memory,” Marilyn Young discusses that the Vietnam War “happened among Americans.” What Young is saying is that there was a war going on in Vietnam, but there was also animosity between the American soldiers and citizens. It was a horrifying and devastating time in American during the Vietnam War and Young even describes it as, “American civil War.” Young inquiries the government on why America got involved in this war in the first place. In the film Platoon and the article “What Did You Do in the Class War, Daddy,” there is a discussion on how to interpret the Vietnam War.…
Q6: The Vietnam War was a war between the Southern Vietnam and Northern Vietnam. The reason why they has this war was because it was originally between Northern and Southern Vietnam because they had disagree on different beliefs. Northern Vietnam was more of a communist-based nation. While Southern Vietnam was a nationalist-based nation. Since Southern Vietnam had United States for support. They became more involved in the Vietnam War. More than 500,000 soldiers from the United States fought against Northern Vietnam. Soon after, they had to withdraw because they didn't know the terrain and Southern Vietnam starting losing its population. That's mean they were losing people to fight in the war so the United States gave up and withdraw from the Vietnam War. The containment policy means it not have…
The Tet uprising was a major event in the Vietnam war. America was fighting North Vietnam, where communism was in use, in favor of South Vietnam to protect freedom as they vowed to do. America was a superpower with an excellent military and numerous supplies and weapons. In no way do they expect a loss. While America’s military tactics tended to be more on the offensive side, North Vietnam fought with strategy, only fighting when opportunity and surprise was on their side. During the Tet uprising, North Vietnam used strategy to attack South Vietnamese cities, forcing America to realize they were not winning by a landslide like they initially thought, supporting the statement “The Tet uprising was a major turning point in the Vietnam War.”…
“We were completely tortured, horrified, and, and…” said Sonja Bullaty incompletely, she was downright traumatized. As were most of the survivors as we noticed them come out of the camps the day after.…
The period of the Cold war began in 1945 following World War II after the defeat of Hitler, Germany and Japan. The Cold War wasn’t a one time event, rather it was a long period of fighting between the leadership of the Western World and Eastern Europe. The two countries known as superpowers led the charge with the Western side led by the USA and Eastern Europe led by the Soviet Union. Although once allies during World War II, mistrust with the leadership of Joseph Stalin and his leadership caused the USA to take a stand against the communist country. Although a war was never formally declared, the two super powers fought indirectly through proxy wars, space race, and arms race.…
The Vietnam War was probably the most problematic of all US wars, not the least due to the fact that there were many paradoxes. The US built up a harsh regime in the south of Vietnam in the name of protecting democracy; “saving” lives by destroying villages and communities. Although America was only meant to "advise" the Vietnamese; the border was crossed very quickly. This was mostly caused by the vague definition of the US objectives; everything was quite unclear and imprecise so that no one really knew what to do concretely. The Vietnam War was supposed to be a war against communism, but it went much deeper than that.…
3)Team, Shmoop Editorial . "The Vietnam War Primary Sources" Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 9 Jun. 2013.…
The Vietnam War is one that is not remembered proudly by most. Many Americans today actually believe that in hindsight, U.S. troops should never have been brought in to keep South Vietnam contained from Communism—since it ended in complete failure. Over half a million Americans ended up losing their lives, many adolescent Vietnamese were killed, and the efforts of our troops appeared to be in vain. However, in the 1950s, there is no way that a lasting outcome such as this could have been foreseen—and, at first, support pointed in favor of the Vietnam War.…
War is always a controversial topic whenever it is discussed in a political setting, or even a private conversation between friends. No War has ever been a more controversial than the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was the longest War the nation has ever engaged in. The United States entered the war in 1961 and pulled out in 1975. Although the death toll did not reach as high as the civil war, or either World War One, or World War two. The Nation still lost over fifty thousand soldiers in the deadly conflict.…
War affects millions of people in different ways everyday. The United States government involvement in the Vietnam War only led to millions more deaths of american and vietamese people. The United States started sending military around 1957 to assist the south vietemese army known as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. By the time the United States government withdrew there men they left vietnamin an even worse condition then when they arrived. The United States government should have never intervened in the affairs of another countrys problems.…
Australia was involved in the Vietnam war for a variety of reasons and each had a significant impact on the ultimate decision.…
3. Give three concrete examples of people in the camp and how they found meaning amidst the adversity.…
The stories told by the survivors are courageous, brave, and heartbreaking. They were forced to take huge risks and leave loved ones, so that they would not be caught. The risk involved should they be caught, they knew all too well, was death; but if they stayed in the camp, most believed they would only die anyway. Many spent countless days and nights planning their escape and relying on the honesty, integrity, and bravery of others to assist and cover for them.…