The War That Couldn’t Be Won! By withdrawing its forces from Vietnam in 1973 did the United States admit defeat? This is an argument that historians and observers have been having for years. Before answering that question however‚ we must first understand if we ever really had a chance to win the war. The circumstances leading up to the war were pretty much out of the United States control with an obligation to our French allies. With threats of communism taking over Vietnam‚ many felt
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people of South Vietnam and the troops under his command‚ to lead them to an honorable victory. Instead‚ General Westmoreland failed to come up with an original strategy to fight the opposing forces and their effective guerrilla warfare. I will be analyzing General Westmoreland’s poor decision to use an ineffective attrition strategy in the Vietnam War and how some people consider him‚ “the General that lost Vietnam.”(Thompson 2011) In 1964‚ General Westmoreland was sent to Vietnam and placed in charge
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Modern social and economic situation‚ making powerful and various stressogenny influences‚ population health has a pernicious effect on mental. Every third citizen of Russia in the life faces problems of violation of mental health. The increase in quantity of mental disorders‚ the complete suicides‚ heavy offenses is in the last decade observed. The person — a being not only biological‚ but also social. The child deprived of the social environment‚ can’t become the full-fledged person‚ it doesn’t
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As with many of William Shakespeare’s plays‚ Othello reflects the social and religious context of the time. From the 11th -15th century‚ Spain underwent an intense reconversion to Catholicism. King Philip III of Spain decreed that all those who affirmed to be of another faith would be expelled from Spain. While many of other faiths began to convert to Catholicism‚ suspicions rose against these new “Moriscos” –the term the Spaniards used to describe Muslim convert to Catholicism. Moreover‚ during
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to end the war to began. Between 1968 and 1969‚ contacts in Paris between North Vietnam and the United States were expanded to include South Vietnam and the NLF. Under the leadership of President Richard M Nixon‚ the United States changed its tactics to combine U.S. troop withdrawals with intensified bombing and the invasion of Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia . Due to the length of the war‚ the high number of U.S. casualties‚ and the exposure of U.S. involvement in war crimes such
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The Vietnam War is one of the most controversial wars that the United States ever fought in. The war was regarded by many as unnecessary and most of the public wanted no part in the war. The Vietnam War was one of the most deadly wars in United States history. The amount of people that died is insurmountable‚ and we will never forget those who gave there lives during combat. Many films were made to show the American public how gruesome and bloody the Vietnam War was. I believe one of the best films
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1954‚ the French‚ who had control of South Vietnam‚ attempted to take control of North Vietnam‚ which was a Communist country. After a few years of fighting‚ the French retreated and the United States joined the war. The United States wanted to fight against Communism in North Vietnam‚ so they supported South Vietnam. With the help of the Hmong people and the Laotian government‚ the United States fought against North Vietnam for several years. As the war dragged on‚ the United States eventually withdrew
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in the Vietnam War. It was a series of attacks against South Vietnam. The Tet Offensive took place in the city of Hue back in 1968. Throughout this difficult time period‚ many people were killed‚ wounded or missing in action. This battle had caused a tremendous change in the lives of Americans‚ North and South Vietnamese citizens. Tet is a holiday on the Vietnamese calendar that has been valued by many people. It had been an occasion for an unofficial peace agreement in the Vietnam War between
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inadvertently engaged in creating a rank-order hierarchy‚ which Garland E. Allen‚ an American historian‚ describes as a hierarchy that is greatly influenced by the social context of the time and puts
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The Vietnam War last from 1964-1975 for America and was it longest war. Throughout those eleven years many stories and letters were written and many more would come long after the wars end. While officially the conflict was considered to be a police action‚ many consider it be just rough and brutal as any other war fought in modern history. The majority of soldiers who did return home came back to an America far different than the one they left behind and were subject to the hatred of anti-war protestors
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