How effective were the us tactics of search and destroy and defoliation in the Vietnam war? During the Vietnam War‚ the tactic of Search and destroy was overall - an ineffective tactic to use. Though the tactic of search and destroy did manage to achieve some minor successes‚ the overall outcome achieved the complete opposite of the US government’s goal which was merely to prevent the spread of communism. The reason search and destroy was used was because of many things. The major cause for the
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Chapter 8: Payment Systems of Vietnam Vietnam’s financial and payment systems are the least developed of all those of the countries covered in this survey‚ because Vietnam did not initiate full-scale financial reforms until the middle of the 1990s. Information on its economic and financial systems is very limited in Japan‚ and so this survey has focused not only technical aspects of Vietnam’s payment systems‚ but also on the past and future developments of its financial system. It must be understood
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Although the Vietnam War was clearly a detrimental event in the history of America‚ some still try to argue that it benefited America and or strengthened our nation. They may say it benefited our country because in reality‚ it was a place where we had the opportunity to test new weapons and learn about many new medicines. When trying to refute my personal claim that Vietnam was a bad war for America to join‚ these are the only two main reasons others say the war was a good event for America’s history
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everyone knows that Vietnam was initially concerned on the administrative capacity‚ in 1995 it has so far proven not effective to the government (Herold‚ 2004). The problems are basically conflicting interests that limit the policy capacity. Moreover‚ the principles and policies developed by the government are often contradictory and inconsistent‚ making it difficult to communicate and to implement (Catton‚ 2005) It is therefore not surprising when the political situation in this country have often been
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| Vietnam Veterans and Readjustment | Was it our fault? | | | [Pick the date] | Although programs could have been better in supporting returning veterans‚ ultimately the same issues would have arisen. | In popular culture‚ Vietnam veterans are often portrayed as isolated and neglected in a society that took out its hatred for the war on the veterans returning home. In actuality‚ the stressors of war caused the problems many Vietnam veterans faced more than the societal reception
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Human Geography – The Globalisation of Economic Activity 1. Uneven Development in the Global Economy * Globalisation * Characteristics * Processes * Impact on the world economy * Uneven global distribution of activities - Illustrate how globalisation has affected the economies of LDCs‚ DCs and NIEs * NIDL * Causes of the emergence of a new NIDL * Impact of the emergence of NIDL on the global economic activities * Impact of new technologies on
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by The country of Vietnam has a long and interesting history. Numerous rulers have controlled the country at various time periods‚ but the Vietnamese people have always fought for independence and for the freedom to choose the way they wanted to be governed. In Vietnam’s early history‚ China controlled its region for over 1‚000 years. It wasn’t until the late 1800s that France found the country appealing and decided to establish a colony there. They ruled until the early
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America would be damned if they let Communism threaten that. The draft was reinstated and young‚ able men were given a slap on the back and sent off to fight for their country. As‚ “Democratic”‚ war in Vietnam flared‚ many lives were being lost and many more ruined - physically‚ economically and mentally. Although the war in Vietnam had the complete support of the American government‚ the American people resented their governments actions. Unsurprisingly‚ as do many others‚ the movement started
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it did during the time of the Vietnam War. The perception of image through television coverage combined with courageous work by employees of the government to uncover lies told by the government allowed society to gain a better depiction of the war. From this
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Vietnams Impact on America By: Rusty Rimmer April 15‚ 2010 American History 2 One of the most disruptive wars in American history ended 25 years ago‚ but the United States is still dealing with the problems that it left. This war was Vietnam War. Many people believe that this war is still affecting America even today. During the Vietnam War the national debt increased by $146 billion (1967-1973). Adjusted for price increases‚ the debt in 1992 was $500 billion dollars. Even though America
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