The Vietnam War Of all of the wars fought by the United States‚ the Vietnam War was by far the most controversial. After the defeat of French forces‚ Vietnam was divided into two sections: North Vietnam‚ and South Vietnam. North Vietnam became a Communist government under Ho Chi Minh‚ and South Vietnam eventually became a Republic under Ngo Dinh Diem. Under Diem ’s oppressive rule‚ the Viet Cong (those against Diem) grew in power‚ and the U.S. reacted to the Communist threat by sending in troops
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Notice for Scholars This monograph was originally published as the September 1972 issue of Southeast Asian Perspectives‚ a publication of the American Friends of Vietnam‚ an organization which was formed in 1955 and prior to its demise two decades later included on its board such diverse figures as Senators John F. Kennedy and Mike Mansfield‚ Socialist Party Chairman Norman Thomas‚ and Journalist Robert Shaplen. It is reprinted here with the permission of the author. Please note that in formatting
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Vietnam War The war first began in 1959‚ five years after the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. Vietnam had been split into two. The communist government in the north was under Ho Chi Minh and democratic government in the south was under Ngo Dinh Diem. The Vietnam War stated because France tried to make another attempt to takeover Vietnam by having a foreign power to rule. In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam front he had created in 1941. Ho and
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The Vietnam War -A History project- Nadine Gan‚ Grade 9 Part One. The Overview History ~ French Indochina ~ Vietnamisation ~ Epilogue Vietnam was a part of the French colony‚ Indo-‐China. Then at September 1940‚ the Japanese decided to invade Vietnam to prevent China from sending supplies through French Indo-‐China. Having invaded by
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situation and families were torn apart. As American got sucked deeper into the war‚ Americans wanted to get out more badly. The growth of anti-war movements was caused by a mixture of different factors. The decline of support for the Vietnam War mainly started in 1968. Although antiwar movements in the United States had been occurring before‚ the Tet Offensive opened the eyes of countless people. General Westmoreland had assured the public that the war was going to come to a swift end soon‚ that
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The United States got involved with the fight in Vietnam mostly as a result of three things: Eisenhower believed in what’s known as the domino theory‚ which is the belief that if one country in southeast Asia gave into communism more and more would start to follow suit‚ just like falling dominoes. Eisenhower said in his speech “This would lead to disintegration in Southeast Asia‚ with the "loss of Indochina‚ of Burma‚ of Thailand‚ of the Peninsula‚ and Indonesia following” (http://www.history.co
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9. Consider the impact of the Vietnam War on American culture. In the decades prior to the 1980s‚ two issues beset American culture: civil rights and the Vietnam War. Both were televised directly into living rooms on all three channels. On college campuses throughout the world‚ but especially on American campuses‚ antiwar protests were routine. Hippies often were thought to conduct themselves on the premises of antiwar‚ free sex‚ and lots of drugs. The music that emerged from this era is still famously
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Why did the US enter the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was fought during the cold war on 1 November 1955 - 30 April 1975. The Vietnam War was a war fought between the North and South Vietnam mainly‚ but in later year the US would join in to help South Vietnam ward off the communist mind of Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam. The Vietnam today is no longer called a war in fact no war since World War I and II have been wars. Instances like Vietnam have merely been police interference or police actions
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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
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The American War in Vietnam and the American Revolutionary War had several similarities regarding military occupation by a distant or foreign government‚ political representation‚ coupled with similar geographic and demographic situations within the country. Both countries had seen years of military conflict and political turmoil preceding each of these conflicts. The English saw the Americas as a source of raw materials and commodities; 1 however‚ saw no reason to allow the colonist the same rights
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