people more accepting of his leftist ideologies. But when Ngo Dinh Diem was named Prime Minister in South Vietnam reunification became impossible. Diem not only refused to take part in a national election‚ but he also used unscrupulous method to secure over ninety-eight percent of the votes in South Vietnam. Unfortunately the new President of South Vietnam was not a benevolent ruler. “It was quickly becoming evident to me that Diem had an instinct for isolation and autocratic control and that he could
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Nguyen Sinh Cung into a mandarin family in Nghe An‚ Central Vietnam in 1890 ‚ Ho’s beginnings were amongst the lower class. He was educated at the Lycee Quoc-hoc‚ a nationalist school in Hue‚ founded by the Minister Ngo Dinh Kha father of Ngo Dinh Diem who would later become the USA’s puppet ruler of South Vietnam . Ho travelled the world as a ship’s cabin boy‚ leaving Vietnam in 1912 and arriving in Paris where he worked for a time as a gardener’s helper‚ laundry man and as a pastry chef. Around
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(incident was used by the US; it may or may not have happened)/Resolution • Cold War & economic justifications III. Body a. Problems fighting in the war • Guerilla Warfare • Disillusionment • South Vietnamese Political Corruption o Ngo Dinh Diem • Temporary leader • Unpopular in South Vietnam • US Soldiers and Citizens unsure of mission/anti-war movement/anti-draft • Violence of war exposed to American people IV. Body a. Reasons for US loss • Lower morale • Objectives and materials
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‘Television brought the brutality of the war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America – not on the battlefields of Vietnam.’ (Marshall McLuhan‚ 1975). What evidence exists to demonstrate that the American media coverage of the Vietnam War influenced its outcome? There are only two comprehensive inferences that can be drawn upon when assessing the impact and legacy of the reporting of the Vietnam War on America and its media; the impact was enormous
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The Vietnam War Vietnam is a small country to the south of China (’Vietnamese’ means "non-Chinese people of the south"). In 111 BC‚ Vietnam became part of the Chinese Empire. For the next thousand years Vietnam struggled to gain its independence from its much larger neighbour. This was achieved in 938 AD. The long period of Chinese rule had left its mark on Vietnam. The language‚ religion‚ architecture‚ system of government and most other aspects of Vietnamese life‚ reflected the influence of the
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Cited: American Contexts‚” The Gangster We Are All Looking For”‚ Le Thi Diem Thuy
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Zinn covers the Vietnam war and the resistance to it. As the chapter title states‚ Zinn argues that the U.S was fighting a war that they could not win as the Vietnamese people were in favor of the government of Ho Chi Minh and opposed the of Ngo Dinh Diem‚ thus allowing them to keep morale high. Meanwhile‚ the American military’s morale for the war was very low‚ as many soldiers were put off by the atrocities that they were made to take part in‚ such as the My Lai massacre. Zinn also tries to dispel
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to neighboring asian countries‚ also known as the “domino theory”. The idea of communism started with the election of Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam. Kennedy wasn’t concerned with Vietnam until Lyndon B Johnson called Ngo Dinh Diem the “Winston Churchill of Asia” because‚ Diem was the only one trying to resist the communists and Johnson promised to help him. Noam Chomsky‚ a US philosopher‚ stated that if a country better its economy due to communism‚ neighboring countries would try to improve their
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Madison Krause M. Sherman AP English February 6th‚ 2013 Effects of the Vietnam War When people are asked what they think of when they hear the words “Vietnam War”‚ they may envision Rambo on a bloody‚ barbaric‚ and yet heroic killing spree or Forrest Gump getting shot in the buttock. Others may think of a grandparent or parent who fought in the grizzly guerilla warfare. Many can still recall their direct experience with the war‚ whether
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The purpose of "Crito" seems intended to exhibit the character of Socrates in one light only‚ not as the philosopher‚ fulfilling a divine mission and trusting in the will of Heaven‚ but simply as the good citizen‚ who‚ having been unjustly condemned is willing to give up his life in obedience to the laws of the State. The main argument that seems to entail the discussion between Crito and Socrates is the opinion of the majority on Socrates’ fate. In the "Crito" Socrates
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