Gloria A. Loftin American History II Ken Whitehurst December 5‚ 2012 UNITEDS STATES FAILURES IN VIETNAM It was the war that lasted ten thousand days. The war that inspired scores of songs. The war that sparked dozens of riots. (Caputo‚ Phillip‚ 10‚000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War.) The Vietnam War‚ one of the most controversial wars in American history‚ has been one of the few wars where the United States was not a victor. Despite being a world superpower‚ the United States
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Attitudes to the Vietnam War (Mirams et al) Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam conflict: 1965 – 1970 Between 1965 and 1970 Australians’ attitudes to their country’s involvement in the Vietnam War changed The opposition grew as events of the war unfolded over the following five years Those opposing both conscription and Australia’s involvement in Vietnam expanded from small groups of university students and peace activists to a broad section of the community. The Vietnam Moratorium of 1970
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The establishment of the Vietnam Memorial consisted of an abundance of controversy both in the creation and building process because of the two opposition groups that were in play during the war. In "Never Again: A Vietnam Syndrome in American Foreign Policy"‚ Patrick Hagopian analyzes how various factions congregated due to either support or opposition of the Vietnam War. As the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C was created‚ a vast majority of individuals‚ verbally protested back and forth against
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The Vietnam War was conflict fought mostly in Southern Vietnam in the years between 1959 and 1975. The war caused many political and social opinions‚ especially in the later war years. The war was the result of North Vietnam and the Vietcong attempting to overthrow the South Vietnamese government. The conflict was a continuation of the first Indochina war‚ which was fought when the Vietnamese sought independence from France after World War II. The country was split into two parts — northern and
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Although the Vietnam War costs the lives of many American Soldiers it helped develop today’s military forces. During the Vietnam War the U.S Army deployed multiple Air Defense battalions to the peninsula of Vietnam due to demands of fire support. The Vietnam War required the use of different Air Defense mobile and stationary equipment to fight and defend against enemy forces. This Essay will discuss how the Vietnam conflict helped to shape and evolve today’s Air Defense Artillery and how
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Vietnam US marines capture Vietnamese soldiersis a small country to the south of China (‘Vietnamese’ means “non-Chinese people of the south”). There were a lot of reasons for the US to enter into this war‚ of course all of them were considered ‘moral’ and ‘correct’. One long term reason was America’s fear of Communism. The USA is a primarily Christian population‚ they as well as people of some other religions felt that Communism was “godless” because they were atheists. America was also a democracy
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maintains a balance between expenditures and human resource skills‚ compared to India and China. "But this balance could collapse if the country doesn’t control inflation‚" Nguyen Hung Cuong‚ software development director at Harvey Nash‚ told Dau tu (Vietnam Investment Review) newspaper. "Vietnamese-made software for the Japanese market is only 1-2 per cent of what China sells to Japan‚" Cuong added. The small pool of skilled employees is another problem as no company is able to employ several hundred
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Mike Smith Vietnam Propaganda/ Nationalism American Nationalism * Domino Effect: The Americans believed that if Vietnam became a Communist country the rest of the countries around it would also become Communist and this was the last thing that the Americans wanted during the Cold War. * The North Invaded the South: The US government advertised to the public that North Vietnam invaded the South and was trying to take them over. They used this image of US going to save the weak South
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Vietnam is one of the most delightful places in south-east Asia. Although many foreigners still imagine Vietnam through the lens of war‚ it is in reality a country with evocative history; century-deep culture; warm-hearted‚ hospitable‚ intelligent people and spectacular landscape. Over two decades have passed since Vietnam was officially united‚ and in that time it has done a remarkable job of healing its wounds. Today‚ this gracious and graceful country is an outstanding travel destination for visitors
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The Tet offensive began January 30 1968. The battle was one of many during the Vietnam War. There were many countries involved in the war; one side was Viet cong and North Vietnamese against the South Vietnamese and the United States with their allies. The battle got its name from the Vietnamese New Year‚ called Tet; it was when the first major attack took place. There were many minor attacks throughout the battle. Most of the attacks caused the U.S. along with their allies to lose power over states
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