The Vietnam War was a conflict between Northern Vietnam‚ who held communists beliefs‚ and Southern Vietnam who opposed communism. In an attempt to combat communism globally‚ the United States of America formed an alliance with Southern Vietnam. The war initiated when‚ "the Vietnamese waged an anti-colonial war against France‚ which received $2.6 billion in financial support from the United States. The French defeat at the Dien Bien Phu was followed by a peace conference in Geneva."(1) This anti-colonial
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Was the Vietnam War worth all the hassle? Think of what was accomplished during the whole conflict‚ many people believe that it was necessary and that America accomplished a lot‚ others not so much. The war was good until America crumbled‚ showing their true weakness. The war on Vietnam was lost not in Vietnam but at home‚ the strain that the war put on America‚ Civil rights movement and other home conflicts was the real deciding factor on the war. These conflicts show that not only should America
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Involvement in Vietnam The Vietnam War was one of the longest‚ and most costly armed conflicts in American history. The North Vietnamese and its southern supporters‚ known as the Vietcong‚ sought to overthrow the South and create one unified‚ communist state of Vietnam. This goal pitted the United States and South Vietnam against the communist regime‚ and the US maintained a military and economic presence in the country for almost 25 years. The increased American presence in Vietnam was primarily
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African Americans in American Wars Imagine fighting a war for the freedom of a country in which you yourself were not free. Could you fight for a country that had enslaved you‚ a place where you have few or no civil rights? Throughout the history of American wars‚ these were the types of issues that African Americans had to deal with. They were forced‚ and many times volunteered‚ to serve‚ protect‚ defend‚ and preserve the freedom of the United States. They went to war for a country in which they
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The Vietnam War was a major conflict in the cold war. Vietnam was divided into two. The north was communist controlled. The government in the south‚ although ran by a dictatorship than a democracy‚ was supported by the United States. In 1960‚ the United States started the war against the north Vietnam. Men as young as eighteen were being drafted for mandatory military service for the Naval and the army. In 1965‚ the United States increased the number of the United States troops and authorized the
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To what extent did US public opinion have an impact on the Vietnam War? Public opinion did have an impact on the Vietnam War to an extent. The Vietnam War was fought between 1959 and 1975‚ between the communist government of North Vietnam and the democratic government of South Vietnam and its allies‚ the most actively involved of these being the USA. At the end of the conflict‚ neither side were defeated‚ however‚ it is considered a military failure and is seen as a very controversial conflict.
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of the Vietnam War in America Before the war‚ the American Dream was seen almost everywhere in America. Men and women were marrying‚ buying homes‚ moving into suburbs and starting families. The American Dream was something that people strived for in life‚ and used it as a reason to succeed in life. Women were usually housewives that worked minor jobs‚ and men were automatically viewed as the head of the household and sole source of income. All was well in these types of homes‚ until the war started
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The Vietnam War is different when compared to other wars that the U.S has been involved in. It is different because it was not widely supported across the nation‚ it was physically different war‚ it was also lost because of government policies. One reason why the Vietnam War was different compared to other past wars is because it was not widely supported by the nation. There are many reasons why it was not supported‚ one of them being that the war was considered the first ‘television war’. The
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The Vietnam war was a troubling war that lasted from 1955 to 1975. It was located in North and South Vietnam and was fought by the U.S.‚ South Vietnam‚ and North Vietnam. There was bloodshed from both sides and many innocent lives lost. The Vietnam war was not only a troubling time for Vietnam‚ but also the United States. Richard Nixon was the United States president at the time of the war and was the one that pushed America into joining the war‚ but later failed. Nixon half-way towards the end
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Towards the middle of the 20th century‚ with the intensification of the Cold War‚ the United States of America placed strict policies on any allies of the Soviet Union. America pledged an alliance with the democratic South Vietnamese‚ and declared war on the communist allies of the Soviet Union‚ the North Vietnamese. Led by the communist leader‚ Ho Chi Minh and his party‚ the Vietnam War began with the global superpowers America and the Soviets pitted against each other once the North Vietnamese
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